A withering exposA of the unethical practices that triggered the indictment and collapse of the legendary accounting firm. Arthur Andersen"s conviction on obstruction of justice charges related to the Enron debacle spelled the abrupt end of the 88-year-old accounting firm. Until recently, the venerable firm had been regarded as the accounting profession"s conscience. In Final Accounting, Barbara Ley Toffler, former Andersen partner-in-charge of Andersen"s Ethics & Responsible Business Practices consulting services, reveals that the symptoms of Andersen"s fatal disease were evident long before Enron. Drawing on her expertise as a social scientist and her experience as an Andersen insider, Toffler chronicles how a culture of arrogance and greed infected her company and led to enormous lapses in judgment among her peers. Final Accounting exposes the slow deterioration of values that led not only to Enron but also to the earlier financial scandals of other Andersen clients,...