Question http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ds-BL8lzXuk

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ds-BL8lzXuk

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gkyLIzq5nvo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uiI9hLKRImk

QUESTION 1

Apply the fraud triangle to Beam.

Motivation – His initial motive was to keep his job under the pressure of Scrushy. Later on with the sucess of the company, He was motivated to keep both his reputation and compensation.

Opportunity – He was the CFO, so he had the knowledge and authority to make changes to the books. Since Scrushy was the mastermind, there was an opportunity for Beam to just follow orders while Scrushy pulls the strings.

Rationalization – Initially he rationalizes that the changes to the books were minor, and may be classified as aggressive accounting rather than a fraud, such as changes to bad debt. Although the accounting was not reflective of the current state of the company, he rationalizes that changes promised by Scrushy could drive the company to meet market expectations without cooking the books. Also because the orders were from Scrushy, there was a certain degree to rationalizing that he was only taking orders.

QUESTION 2

What verbal and nonverbal clues did you observe from the Beam talk that might indicate how trustful he is? Did you notice any evasive tactics? Any qualifiers?

Beam maintained eye contact, and overall spoke without broken or illogical speech. Both his speech and body language showed confidence and conviction.

I did not notice any evasive tactics.

When talking about Scrushy he would use wording like ‘you can’t imagine’. He also says that the SEC ‘didn’t’ really’ cut

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