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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§201 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 specifies those activities which a public accounting firm cannot do if they are performing an audit for a company. The firm cannot provide: “(1) bookkeeping or other services related to the accounting records or financial statements of the audit client; (2) financial information systems design and implementation; (3) appraisal or valuation services‚ fairness opinions‚ or contribution-in-kind reports; (4) actuarial services; (5) internal audit outsourcing services;
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C&S Wholesale Grocers: Self-Managed Teams The "team" concept has become the standard in today’s workplace due to its ability to increase cooperation and knowledge sharing. However‚ while the business environment continues to become more sophisticated and demanding‚ businesses are looking to reduce micro management and shift focus to the company’s vision. Consequently‚ they look for alternatives to the traditional team model‚ such as the latest concept of a self-managed team‚ which places
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THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE 1 DELTA PUBLISHING COMPANY P.O. Box 5332‚ Los Alamitos‚ CA 90721-5332 All rights reserved. No part of this course may be reproduced in any form or by any means‚ without permission in writing from the publisher. 2 THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE PROGRAM CONTENTS ACCOUNTING SCANDALS BRING ABOUT NEW GUIDELINES AND LEGISLATION POINTS OF CONTROVERSY RECENT FINANCIAL RESTATEMENTS STOCK OPTIONS
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A company has the ability to enter into a contract‚ can sue and be sued in its own name‚ has the right to own land or property‚ and also enjoy perpetual succession. As a company‚ they have the ability to enter into a contract which meant they can make contract with its own shareholders within the company. Any contract made between company and its members are not illegal due to the principle of separate legal entity. As what we have seen in the case of Saloman v Saloman‚the company can borrow money
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1. Analyze how the advertisement of Sagawa Express is produced. Please 1) identify signs and their meanings and 2) what kind of ideologies connect those signs. (More than 300 words) [30 points] There are many signs in this advertisement. Firstly‚ we can see there are many words on the bottom of this poster. From all the texts‚ we can get this advertisement’s target is the business company and it emphasizes that they are professional by writing “プロ” with bigger font. People who take the dominant
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Understanding the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX) and its impact on Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) Chan Rajaram This paper is submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for graduation from Accounting Theory and Practice (BUSN 5600) Webster University Summer 2015 Abstract To discuss the origin and background of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX) and how it was implemented with an aim to improve accountability in the financial reporting process of all public companies. We will further
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BETWEEN INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL AUDIT Professor PhD Atanasiu Pop‚ „Babeş-Bolyai” University of Cluj-Napoca‚ e-mail: apop@econ.ubblcuj.ro PhD Student Cristina Boţa-Avram‚ „Babeş-Bolyai” University of Cluj-Napoca‚ e-mail: botaavram@gmail.com PhD Student Florin Boţa-Avram‚ „Babeş Bolyai” University of Cluj-Napoca‚ e-mail: botaavramflorin@yahoo.com ABSTRACT: Analyzing the evolution process of internal audit‚ from its beginnings and so far‚ we can easily notice that internal audit function was born through
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INDEPENDENCE SEC. 201. SERVICES OUTSIDE THE SCOPE OF PRACTICE OF AUDITORS. (a) PROHIBITED ACTIVITIES.—Section 10A of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78j–1) is amended by adding at the end the following: ‘‘(g) PROHIBITED ACTIVITIES.—Except as provided in subsection (h)‚ it shall be unlawful for a registered public accounting firm (and any associated person of that firm‚ to the extent determined appropriate by the Commission) that performs for any issuer any audit required by this
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| The Forgotten Team Member | Case Study Analysis | Amy Heuston 9/21/2012 MGMT 591- Leadership and Organizational BehaviorProfessor Plumley | The Forgotten Team member is a excellent example of team development as well as developing leadership skills. Christine is faced with a group member Mike whose personality fits well with the teams but because of time commitments‚ does not feel included in the overall team atmosphere. This causes him to not contribute as much‚ which was not beneficial
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