major corporations such as Enron‚ WorldCom‚ and Hollinger International‚ lawmakers sought to provide regulations that provide oversight on the way corporations report financial data and to ensure that stockholders were protected. The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 was put in place to combat deceit‚ improve the consistency of financial reporting‚ and reestablish the confidence of investors (Wagner & Dittmar‚ 2006). One of the declaring regulation within this major law is that the management of a company
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Checkpoint: Patient Self-Determination Act The law is intended to encourage possible life-sustaining treatment in the event that they become seriously ill or injured and are not able to specify their desires at that time. According to this law; all hospitals‚ nursing homes‚ home health agencies‚ and hospice programs receiving federal Medicare and Medicaid are now required to create formal procedures that provide written information at admission to patients about decision making a treatment refusal
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Dear Representative Johnson: Regarding the End Racial Profiling Act of 2015 (HR1933)‚ I would like to express and provide an explanation of my full support of the legislation. As you may be aware‚ the End Racial Profiling Act would prohibit federal‚ state‚ and local law enforcement officials from engaging in racial profiling and cease any previous procedures that may have indorsed these activities. The bill would issue a grant to state and local law enforcement agencies to provide better training
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Abstract Congress passed the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 in response to financial scandals perpetrated by Enron and WorldCom‚ and it has had a strong impact on corporate accounting and financial decision-making. This law was intended to enhance financial transparency for publicly-traded companies. The Sarbanes-Oxley Act established new regulations and penalties for public companies to protect investors. In addition‚ it created the
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implementing regulations that has been stated by federal state and administrative agencies‚ such as National Labor Relations Board and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. The Federal Employees Compensation Act better known as FECA‚ also the OSH better known as Occupational Safety and Health Act to which is administered by the OSHA‚ which is Occupational Safety and Health. These administrations are listed for employees who encounter any issues regarding employment with the Department of Labor to which
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Issue Did the corporation violate section 38 of the tax Act? The case addresses a tax payer’s questions the constitutional validity of section 38 of the tax Act‚ Corporation Tax Act‚ enacted on August 5‚ 1909‚ against the corporation. Rule “The tax is to be equivalent to 1 per cent of the entire net [220 U.S. 107‚ 145] income over and above $5‚000 received by such corporation or company from all sources during the year‚ excluding‚ however‚ amounts received by them as dividends upon stock of
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Situation A. The Family and Medical Leave Act entitles those eligible up to twelve weeks leave per each postal year for a new child in the family‚ whether it be by birth‚ adoption or placement in foster care. It also allows for leave if the employee themselves has a serious health condition that prevents them from performing the job or caring for a family member that has a serious health condition. Lastly‚ it also guarantees those eligible up to twenty-six weeks of leave in a postal year to care
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One of the many objectives underlying the Fair Work Act 2009 is to achieve productivity and fairness in the workplace through the implementation of collective bargaining supported by good faith bargaining agreements and rules presiding industrial action CITATION Fai14 \y \l 3081 (Fair Work Ombudsman). The Fair Work Act 2009 places an important emphasis on good faith bargaining by both parties. Good faith bargaining can been defined as
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Competition act case MONDAY‚ 13 SEPTEMBER 2010 CCI v SAIL: Supreme Court Gets it Right! In a telling judgement‚ the Supreme Court of India‚ on Sep. 9‚ 2010‚ has effectively and judiciously circumscribed the boundaries of exercise of power by both the Competition Commission of India (CCI/Commission) and the Competition Appellate Tribunal (“the Tribunal”) while delivering its verdict in the much awaited case Competition Commission of India v. Steel Authority of India Ltd. This Note captures the highlights
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blemish and endorsed this by Punjab Town Panchayat Act in 1922. Around then‚ these panchayats were likewise required to encourage the necessities of towns in regards to support and development of channels and open ways‚ and change of lakes‚ wells‚ and water tanks for the supply of clean drinking water‚ showering and washing. The statutory duty and obligations of these panchayats were upheld by the agent chief. In 1939‚ the Punjab town Panchayat Act was again corrected. Under this further change‚ panchayats
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