Center for Legal Ethics and Professionalism

Lessons from Enron

On October 17, 2002, the Mercer Law Review, the Mercer Center for Legal Ethics and Professionalism, and the Eugene Stetson School of Business of Mercer University co-sponsored a one-day symposium on "Lessons from Enron." The focus for the Symposium was a set of preliminary recommendations of the American Bar Association Task Force on Corporate Governance. The evening before the symposium, a dinner was held to welcome and honor the participants in the symposium. Speakers for the symposium included:

A.P. Carlton, Jr., President of the American Bar Association
Bill Ide, Of Counsel, McKenna Long & Aldridge, Atlanta, Georgia, and former President of the American Bar Association
Solomon Watson IV, General Counsel of the New York Times
Hon. Ben Tennille, Judge of the North Carolina Business Court
Kenneth E. Lawson, Assistant Secretary for Enforcement, Department of the Treasury
Michael Rosenzweig, McKenna Long & Aldridge, Atlanta
Susan Jones, American Institute of Certified Public Accountants
Professor Walter Austin, Eugene Stetson School of Business and Economics, Mercer University
Professor Edward Ketz, Penn State University
Basil Pflumm, Institute of Internal Auditors

The topics covered at the symposium included issues of accounting and audits, corporate governance, and the role of the in-house lawyer.

The proceedings from the Symposium were published in Volume 54 of the Mercer Law Review.