THIS IS A INDIVIDUAL ASSIGNMENTThis is a Research Project.Editorial description(s): From Publishers Weekly Investment manager Maggin here offers an expanded version of a 1986 Management Review article, recounting in devastating detail the collapse of ESM Government Securities Inc., a Florida brokerage firm, in the mid-'80s. The ESM scam involved crooked real estate developers financed by their own chain of deregulated Florida- and Ohio-based S&Ls; ESM's foundering, together with the discovery that auditors had been falsifying company records for seven years, forced Ohio's governor to declare a bank holiday to quiet the panic that resulted. Three of 11 ESM-related "crooks" have since died; the remainder are serving time. However, their fiasco was not a complete loss: the author credits the ESM affair with helping to bring about 1986 S&L regulatory legislation.Copyright 1989 Reed Business Information, Inc.Format for Term PapersThe immediate outline is for the scientific report style.AbstractIntroductionMethodsResultsDiscussion1. Research Papers2. Scientific Report FormatDeveloping a TitleThe AbstractWhat to avoid:The IntroductionMethods SectionWhat to avoid:Results SectionWhat to avoid:Discussion SectionWhat to avoid:3. Review of LiteratureFRAUD RESEARCH PROJECT: ESMTHIS IS A INDIVIDUAL ASSIGNMENTThis is a Research Project.You have been asked you to review the ESM situation and prepare a memo describing the nature of the fraud and policies and procedures that could prevent this type of situation from occurring in the future. Specifically, you should: - Identify the parties involved in the fraud and their roles in the events. - Outline the facts of the case.- Explain how ESM fraudulently inflated retained earnings, - Identify one management assertion that was breached for the receivable owed to ESM from the affiliated entity related to the inter-company repo and reverse repo transactions, - Identify quality control procedures that the firm should adopt to ensure that audit personnel do not behave as Jose Gomez did with the ESM audit. The project should discuss the outcome of the case and provide a reasoned argument of preventive measures that could have prevented/detected the fraudincluding what procedures/laws are currently in place to prevent a re-occurrence.Remember written responses should be about 5 typed pages in length (double spaced with normal 1 inch margins and normal 12 point font sizes) and will be graded based on neatness, writing style, accuracy, timeliness, completenessand conciseness. .Bankers, Builders, Knaves, and Thieves: The $300 Million Scam at Esm by Donald L. Maggin Hardcover: Contemporary Books 01 January, 1990 --price not specified-- This item is currently not available. Click the button below to . . . Buy From Amazon.com(which will add the book to your Amazon U.S.A. "Shopping Cart") . . . or use your browser's Back button to return to the search-list page. Editorial description(s): From Publishers WeeklyInvestment manager Maggin here offers an expanded version of a 1986 Management Review article, recounting in devastating detail the collapse of ESM Government Securities Inc., a Floridabrokerage firm, in the mid-'80s. The ESM scam involved crooked real estate developers financed by their own chain of deregulated Florida- and Ohio-based S&Ls; ESM's foundering, together withthe discovery that auditors had been falsifying company records for seven years, forced Ohio's governor to declare a bank holiday to quiet the panic that resulted. Three of 11 ESM-related "crooks" have since died; the remainder are serving time. However, their fiasco was not a complete loss: the author credits the ESM affair with helping to bring about 1986 S&L regulatory legislation. Copyright 1989 Reed Business Information, Inc.Format for Term PapersBelow are some general outlines on how to write term papers. Depending on your topic you may want to rely on the scientific report style or literature review styles, or a combination of the two. The choice is yours. The immediate outline is for the scientific report style.1. How to write a research paper2. More detailed view of the scientific report format described 3. A description of how to write a literature reviewAbstract Short (three-quarters of a page) description of the paper. Describe what the issue or problem is, why it is important or interesting, and your findings. Introduction - What is the issue or problem? - Literature review: what is current thinking, findings, and approaches on the problem? - What is the significance of the problem? - How do you plan to deal with the problem? What is your solution? Methods - How did you search for information or data on the topic? - What is your impression of the utility, relevance, or quality of the data you collected? - What special steps did you take to select or utilize the data?Results - What are your findings? - Are their problems with your findings in terms of answering the questions posed in the introduction? Discussion - What do your observations mean? - Summarize the most important findings. - What conclusions can you draw? - How do your results fit into a broader context?1. Research PapersThis page lists some of the stages involved in writing a library-based research paper.Although this list suggests that there is a simple, linear process to writing such a paper, the actual process of writing a research paper is often a messy and recursive one, so please use this outline as a flexible guide.1. Discovering, Narrowing, and Focusing a Researchable Topic 2. Finding, Selecting, and Reading Sources 3. Grouping, Sequencing, and Documenting Information 4. Writing an Outline and a Prospectus for Yourself 5. Writing the Introduction 6. Writing the Body 7. Writing the Conclusion 8. Revising the Final Draft Discovering, Narrowing, and Focusing a Researchable Topic - Try to find a topic that truly interests you - Try writing your way to a topic - Talk with your course instructor and classmates about your topic - Pose your topic as a question to be answered or a problem to be solvedFinding, Selecting, and Reading SourcesYou will need to look at the following types of sources:- card catalog, periodical indexes, bibliographies, suggestions from your instructor - primary vs. secondary sources - journals, books, other documents Grouping, Sequencing, and Documenting InformationThe following systems will help keep you organized: - a system for noting sources on