2. Group Members Presented by :- Kumar Sudhakar Smriti Subramanian Rishav Singla Sarada Shindhe Prabhash Aggarwal

3. Company Name: WorldCom Inc. Global telecommunications company ranked fourth as a Fortune 500 company for the telecom sector Operating in more than 65 countries. Core business activities are divided into two major segments: WorldCom Group Operations MCI Group Operations Areas it catered to – Data Services, Internet Related services, Commercial Voice Services, Design, International Communication Services, Retail and Wholesale Communication Services. Greedy about Mergers & Acquisitions – Major ones – MCI Communications, MFS Communications Company, Williams Telecommunications Group, IDB Communications Group Inc., Resurgens Comm. Group & Metro Media Comm.

4. WorldCom Fiasco Compromise with the Corporate Ethics Accounting Malpractices Affecting the Organisation Failure of the Corporate Governance Integrity of the organisation at stake Anger and resistance of the Stakeholders

5. Understanding and assessing the gradual degradation of WorldCom and what led to the downfall of WorldCom from being a Fortune 500 company to a bankrupt organization. Studying situations where the company despite alarms being raised at numerous occassions, did not act upon it and how the fiasco that occurred could have been avoided if preventive and corrective measures were adopted at the right time.

6. Important Points for Discussion Failure of corporate governance in the company, greed of the managers and dishonesty in the organization Accounting malpractices and suppression of the auditors Unethical business practices, arising out of greed for personal gains Lack of transparency and keeping stakeholders in the dark with respect to the fraud prevalent in the organization. What inferences could be derived from the case and recommendations.

7. An Observation Classic illustrative case of failure of Corporate Governance Corporate Governance - the system by which business corporations are directed and controlled The corporate governance structure specifies the distribution of rights and responsibilities among different participants in the corporation

8. Participants in Corporation board, managers, shareholders and other stakeholders internal stakeholders (promoters, members, workmen and executives) Stakeholder external stakeholders (shareholders, customers, lenders dealers vendors, bankers community, government and regulators)

9. Failure of Co. at various levels Internal audit – not in acc with GAAP Book – keeping errors $3.3b reserves improperly manipulated in BS & $ 500m income was wrongly booked. Fortune ranking as one among top five in 2000, 2001, 2002 was by surprise – does not show real picture Corporate Culture – Individualistic Lack of transparency CEO Mr. Bernard Ebbers – irregularities Loan of $400 million at rate of 2.15% - failure of Corporate ethics

10. Stakeholder’s voice – not heard Failure of HR dept. Internal auditor Cynthia Cooper’s work is appreciated However, scope of audit restricted. External audit – not fair and impartial

15. OUR RECOMENDATIONS Company should have adopted an ERP system.

16. OUR RECOMENDATIONS The Internal Control should have been strengthened in order to avoid the accounting malpractices prevalent in the organization. Change in auditors every 3-4 years would have saved the company from downfall. Investor banks should have monitored the accounts of the company and should have kept a person on the board of WorldCom Inc. Business Process Re-engineering required to start from scratch because of the confusion in the organization.