The Impact of Bernard Madoff

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Annotated Bibliography

"Accountants' Liability in the Madoff Scheme: A CPA Journal Symposium." The CPA Journal. 79.8 (2009): 14-25. ProQuest. Web. 12 Mar. 2014.

This article may be used to illustrate the potentially far-reaching effects the Bernard Madoff affair has had on Certified Public Accountant firms as one example of how the situation has indirectly affected certain business practices.

Freeman, R. E., Lisa Stewart, and Brian Moriarty. "Teaching Business Ethics in the Age of Madoff." Change. Nov 2009: 37-42. ProQuest. Web. 12 Mar. 2014.

This article is a discussion of how Madoff has affected the scholarly world: teachers of business ethics may use the ripple effects of the Madoff scandal to place ethical business practices in the context of today’s environment.

Gregorious, Greg N., and Francois-Serge L’habitant. “Madoff: A Flock Of Red Flags." Journal of Wealth Management. 12.1 (2009): 89-97. Business Source Complete. Web. 12 Mar. 2014.

This article provides an excellent overall description of the indicators that, in hindsight, showed Madoff was running a Ponzi scheme, which will allow a solid description of events as a starting point for discussion of the effects of the scandal.

Lewis, Lionel S. "How Madoff Did It: Victims' Accounts." Society. 48.1 (2011): 70-6. ProQuest. Web. 12 Mar. 2014.

Lewis, Lionel S. "After Madoff: Waiting for Justice." Society 48.2 (2011): 159-73. ProQuest. Web. 13 Mar. 2014.

The two articles by Lewis detail How Madoff swindled his victims, and what the effect of the betrayal was on many of the same victims, including financial ruin and thoughts of suicide.