It is widely recognised that it is important to teach ethics in accounting education and this is adhered to in most business schools (Cameron & O’Leary, 2015). Northumbria University is no exception to this and so I have spent two weeks (weeks 9 & 11) learning about Contemporary Issues in Financial Ethics. So, for my final blog, I will be looking at financial ethics and focusing on a business case I have researched. I am sure many of you will be familiar with the infamous case of Enron. This is the business case I will focus on throughout this week’s blog. First, I will briefly introduce what ethics in financial business is and different ways of interpreting it. Then, I will give some background to the case of Enron, looking at the events leading up to their eventual bankruptcy and the punishments that followed. Finally, I will also look at reasons why companies commit fraud and adopt fraudulent accounting practices because, after all, if you want to prevent these kinds of ac...