Question

In 2003, the fraudulent accounting practices at ____________, a Houston-based energy company, was the largest of several business scandals of the early 21st century, in which corporate executives inflated company revenues for self-gain and ultimately created widespread distrust of corporate culture, costing investors billions of dollars as well as employees their pensions.

Answer 1

Answer: Enron

Explanation:

Enron scandal was an accounting scandal that involved Enron Corporation, which was an American energy company that was based in Houston, Texas.

Enron hid huge amount of trading losses, which led to its bankruptcy. The company used fraudulent accounting practices in order to inflate the revenue of the company and.hid the debt that the company incurred.