Running head: NORTEL 1
Nortel Case Study
Aaron Carlsen
Maryville University
ETHICAL SITUATION ANALYSIS
Abstract
Nortel used an effective strategy of being in every high-growth area of the
telecommunications during dot-com boom through massive acquisitions allowing them to triple
its sales and multiplied its paper operating profits with in only 5 years of its conception. One
specific sector they targeted heavely was fiber optic broadband. However, the deficit between the
GAAP and what the company was portraying to the world and its investors were not in sync.
