Abstract . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Chapter 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Chapter 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Eleven Titles of SOX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 1. PCAOB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 2. Auditor Independence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 3. Corporate Responsibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 4. Enhanced Financial Disclosures . . .
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followed‚ and was also put in place to help restore confidence in the financial market. SOX-Applies only to US companies on the US exchange‚ and is an Act put in place in 2002 to mandate all publicly traded corporations to maintain adequate internal control. SOX basically make sure that all US publicly traded corporation do what is in the best interest to protect the investment of stockholders. SOX-Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 is an ACT that was put in place where all publicly traded U.S. corporations
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Week 5: Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX) Summary ACC/291 10 June 2013 Judith Bines Introduction The Sarbanes-Oxley Act‚ also known as SOX‚ is a federal law that requires publicly traded companies to individually certify the accuracy of their financial information. The law was enacted as a reaction to corporate accounting scandals that
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References: United States Securities and Exchange Commission (September 2009). Study of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 Section 404; Internal Control over Financial Reporting Requirements. Retrieved from http://www.sec.gov/news/studies/2009/sox-404_study.pdf Price Water House Coopers. The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. Retrieved from http://www.pwc.com/en_US/us/sarbanes-oxley/assets/final_so_wp_2-boardsac.pdf “Corporate Governance. The Wall Street Journal Reports.” Wall Street Journal‚ February
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HIGH SCHOOL PHYSICAL EDUCATION PE II golf The Game Golf is a game played outdoors preferably on a rolling tree lined terrain. A golf course may be either 9 or 18 holes in length with the usual distance measuring from 100 to 500 yards per hole. The golfer begins at the tee‚ driving the ball along the fairway (attempting to avoid hazards such as woods‚ water‚ rough ground‚ and sand traps)‚ to the green‚ where the ball is putted into the cup. The purpose is to see how few of strokes it takes
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“The Boston Photographs” Summary: In Nora Ephron’s essay‚ The Boston Photographs‚ Ephron talks about three pictures that were taken in Boston outside of an apartment. The first picture is of a fireman‚ a woman‚ and her child standing on a fire escape as the building behind them is on fire. The second photo is of the fire escape breaking from the building‚ and the third picture is of the woman and child falling from the building. Ephron describes in her essay the negative response the editor’s received
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Running head: Nonprofits and SOX Heather Tanenbaum Student ID: 3750548620 Accounting Capstone: Senior Seminar in Accounting ACC499 004016 Summer 2009 Nonprofits and the Sarbanes Oxley Act Submitted: Submitted to: Tee M. Thein Table of Contents Abstract Introduction SOX regulations for nonprofits Reasons for nonprofits to adopt SOX Conclusion Research file memorandum Communication memorandum References Abstract Introduction
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Chicago White Sox were playing the Cincinnati Reds in the 1919 Major League Baseball World Series. While the Reds finished eight games above Chicago‚ the “Sox” were still heavy favorites because of their solid pitching rotation‚ gold-glove infield‚ and power hitting outfield led by Joe Jackson. Yet when pre-game betting odds quickly switched from Chicago to Cincinnati‚ many cynics‚ including future commissioner‚ Kenesaw Mountain Landis‚ immediately grew wary. When the Reds blew out the Sox ace Cicotte
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The Impact of the 1919 Black Sox Scandal The 1919 Black Sox Scandal is one of the most skeptical topics in Major League Baseball history. The 1919 World Series was battled out between the Chicago White-Sox and the Cincinnati Reds. In fact‚ this particular match-up was picked to be the most competitive world series yet‚ but it most certainly was not. After the Cincinnati Reds clinched the World Series title‚ the story behind the scenes began to unfold. This shocking and quite shameful story would
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Impact of SOX on industry. Chang‚ H.‚ Choy‚ H.‚ & Wan‚ K. (2012). Effect of the Sarbanes-Oxley act on CEOs ’ stock ownership and pay-performance sensitivity. Review Of Quantitative Finance & Accounting‚ 38(2)‚ 177-207. doi:10.1007/s11156-011-0226-3 This article is based on authors research on the Effects of the SOX Act on CEO’s stock ownership and pay- performance sensitivity. The authors are trying to find out if the effects on the SOX Act on the stockownership and on CEO’s wealth. The authors summarize
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