ENRON FIASCO FOCUS OF LECTURE BY UH LAW
CENTER DEAN,
RICE ACCOUNTING PROFESSOR
Editors of the first academic book examining Enron Corp.’s
collapse will speak at the University of Houston’s Bauer College
of Business as part of its Distinguished Leaders Series Feb. 12.
Nancy Rapoport, UH Law Center dean and professor of law, and Bala
Dharan, Rice University accounting professor, have assembled scholarly
articles and essays in their book “Enron: Corporate Fiascos
and Their Implications.” Foundation Press, a unit of West
Publishing, will release the publication Feb. 9. The book explores
legal, financial, ethical, managerial and corporate governance issues.
The lecture is open to Bauer, UH Law Center and Rice Jones School
students, faculty, alumni, corporate partners and sponsors, invited
guests and news reporters.
Rapoport, a Stanford-trained bankruptcy academic, joined the UH
Law Center in 2000. She practiced bankruptcy law early in her career
with Morrison & Foster after clerking with the Honorable Joseph
T. Sneed of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. Prior
to UH, she held positions as dean and professor at University of
Nebraska College of Law, and professor of law and associate dean
at The Ohio State University College of Law.
Dharan is well-known for his research and writings on financial
engineering, special purpose entities, and financial statement analysis.
He has testified before the Congressional House Committee on Energy
and Commerce, and has written and lectured extensively on Enron
and accounting issues related to energy trading, mark-to-market
accounting, derivatives and risk management.
Distinguished Leader Series lectures are sponsored by Bauer College’s
MBA program. CEOs and recognized authorities typically speak about
real-world reflections, experiences and case histories on the challenges
of strategic leadership, ethics, corporate governance, globalization,
finance and investment, diversity, organization transformation,
culture change and energy strategy.
WHO: |
UH Law Center Dean Nancy Rapoport
and Rice University Jones School Professor of Management Bala
Dharan |
WHAT: |
Distinguished Leaders Series lecture about their
forthcoming book, “Enron: Corporate Fiascos and Their
Implications” |
WHEN: |
6 p.m., Thursday, Feb. 12, 2004 |
WHERE: |
Room 160, Melcher Hall, UH Entrance 1 |
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