News
At an event Monday morning examining the collapse of Enron, Portland
State University's School of Business Administration will unveil the Center
for Professional Integrity and Accountability.
The Center was developed to articulate and accentuate organizational
management and the accounting profession's responsibility for acting in the
public interest.
"The formation of a Center such as this one is important because of
the turmoil in the corporate world over the past couple of years," said Phil
Bogue, retired managing partner of Arthur Andersen. "The center will be a
place to study what happened and what will prevent it from happening again
in the future, as well as create a place where regulatory issues can be debated
and worked on."
Bogue and his wife Suzanne have provided the School of Business Administration
with funding to launch the center. Although the center is still evolving,
the goal is to bring together faculty, students and business leaders to create
a forum to explore issues related to business integrity and the public interest.
"With the establishment of this center, we hope to raise the awareness
of students, faculty, and the civic and business communities to the importance
of acting in the public interest and to collectively explore alternative
ways of doing so," said Jesse Dillard, the School of Business Administration's
Retzlaff Chair in Accounting and director of the center.
On Monday, May 24, Portland State University's School of Business Administration
and the Lewis & Clark Law School will host "The Enron Collapse: A Case
Study in Business and Regulatory Failure." The event will feature John Kroger,
prosecutor on the Justice Department's Enron Task Force and assistant professor
of law at Lewis & Clark. The event begins at 7:15 a.m. at the Multnomah
Athletic Club. To RSVP call 503-725-4763 or e-mail development@sba.pdx.edu.
Portland State University's accounting program is the largest program
in the state and is widely regarded as one of the premier training grounds
for accountants in the region. PSU students' average pass rate on the CPA
exam is historically twice the national average and the highest in Oregon.
Portland State's School of Business Administration is the largest business
school in Oregon, with more than 500 graduate and 2,000 undergraduate students
enrolled each year.
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Sources: |
Kristin Mihalko (503-725-3766) |
Release Number: 04-070
Date:
May 21, 2004
