vannah Sanchez Pre-Assignment #2 1. Describe three patterns of chromosomal breakage and rearrangement. a. Three patterns of chromosomal breakage and rearrangement are deletion‚ balanced translocation‚ and isochromosomal translocation. Deletion is when part of a chromosome is lost affects its length and genetic composition. Translocation is when there is a coinciding break in two chromosomes in different parts resulting in exchange. Balanced translocation is when two homologous chromosomes break and
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1. Describe what is meant by motivation. What types of non-financial reward might a company use to motivate employees? Ans: Motivation may stem from personal interest such as keeping safe or from external factors such as praise and reward. Non-financial rewards: * appreciation of hard work * a sense of achievement * responsibility and empowerment * opportunity for advancement * a sense of challenge and enjoyment. 2. Describe the effects of an unmotivated workforce on a company. How
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[Type the company name] | Why the Sarbanes-Oxley Act should not be repealed. | [Type the document subtitle] | | Introduction of Sarbanes Oxley On March 5th‚ 2001‚ Fortune magazine released an article by Bethany McLean. The theme of this article was that Enron’s stocks were overpriced. She stated that Enron’s stocks were really popular and that its numbers were really impressive. Its revenues had doubled to over $100 billion‚ earnings were increasing by 25% and stocks were returning
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Sarbanes-Oxley Act Contents Overview 3 Enron 3 Sarbanes-Oxley Act 3 11 Titles 4 Major Sections of SOX 5 Section 302 5 Section 404 6 Section 409 6 Section 902 7 Section 906 7 After SOX: What has Sarbanes-Oxley Accomplished & Issues that Remain 7 Conclusion 8 Overview The Sarbanes-Oxley Act was signed into law in 2002 by President Bush. Sarbanes- Oxley came to be because of corporate level accounting scandals that had then‚ recently occurred. The most common of
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Zack Cearley 11/15/2012 Accounting 1101- Mason The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002‚ often abbreviated as SOX‚ is a legislative act passed by Congress in response to the Enron and WorldCom financial scandals. The primary purpose of SOX is to protect shareholders from errors or fraudulent reporting by the company they have invested in. The Sarbanes-Oxley act is enforced by the Securities and Exchange Commission‚ a department dedicated to ensuring compliance to SOX from
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Sarbanes Oxley Act LAW/421 January 31‚ 2014 Cornelius Perry In the United States‚ there are many businesses that are going through tough times in this economy‚ and some of the “little” or smaller ones are slowly having to close their doors for business over changes to certain laws over the recent decade. They are having to deal with big fines and account for audits on the very businesses they own and manage. One of the biggest new things or changes is that every business has to go through
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The Sarbanes–Oxley Act known as the ’Public Company Accounting Reform and Investor Protection Act ‚Corporate and Auditing Accountability and Responsibility Act and commonly called Sarbanes–Oxley‚ Sarbox or SOX‚ is a United States federal law which set new or enhanced standards for all U.S. public company boards‚ management and public accounting firms. It is named after sponsors U.S. Senator Paul Sarbanes and U.S. Representative Michael G. Oxley. The bill was enacted as a reaction to a number
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The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (SOX) was a direct output of the financial statement fraud that sank industry giants such as Enron and Worldcom. 1. What are the primary goals and tenets of SOX with respect to fraud? The goals of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act are expansive‚ including the improvement of the quality of audits in an attempt to eliminate fraud in order to protect the public’s interest‚ as well as for the protection of the investors (Donaldson‚ 2003). Prior to the implementation of SOX
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Managerial Accounting Sarbanes-Oxley Act The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 is an act passed by U.S. Congress in 2002 to protect investors and the general public from the possibility of fraudulent accounting activities by corporations. The Sarbanes-Oxley Act authorized strict modifications to improve financial disclosures from corporations and to prevent accounting fraud. This law was passed after a couple of big the accounting scandals like Enron‚ Tyco‚ and WorldCom shook investor assurance in
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