Representative Michael Oxley drafted the Sarbanes-Oxley Act or "SOX" in 2002 in order to curb the incidence of corporate fraud. The “Act” was signed into law on July 30th 2002 by President George W. Bush with the express purpose of restoring public confidence in the financial markets; and after enacting “the Act”‚ neither Sarbanes or Oxley would run for re-election in the 2006 elections (Jahmani & Dowling‚ 2008). The intent of the SOX Act was to protect investors‚ and any other stakeholders in
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VISA credit card Criterion A –The issue and stakeholder(s) (a) Describe one social/ethical concern related to the IT system. In a process of buying biscuits wRith VISA credit card‚ there is some social issues. Firstly some credit card require annual charge which is paid per year‚ that is needed even we don’t pay anything with the card. Hence we have to pay money for just having those credit card. And another issue is leakage of some sensitive information from each side; consumer and credit-card’s
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police security issues instead of focussing on crime within areas. The Group Areas Act‚ Act No 41 of 1950 – assigned racial groups to different residential and business sections in urban areas. An effect of the law was to prevent non-whites from living in the most developed areas. The law led to the forced removal of non-whites from homes located in areas designated for whites. The implementation of the Group Areas Act was phased in over four decades. The last recorded forced removals through
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If you’re confused about Obamacare‚ you’re not alone. Over the past several years‚ every survey on the subject has revealed that Americans consistently fail to correctly identify the provisions that are actually in the Affordable Care Act. In April‚ a poll found that 40 percent of Americans weren’t sure about whether Obamacare was still law at all. Administration officials are racing against the clock to reverse those incorrect public perceptions‚ ramping up their outreach efforts before the health
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Toucon is currently in a position of being pushed out of the marketplace if the company does not begin to compete more aggressively. Originally‚ the company was considered a reputable marketplace leader in the jewelry and pottery industry for South American- and African-style artifacts. The company has currently identified eleven major competitors while a decade ago there were only 5. Due to the uniqueness of Toucon’s products‚ the company faces several obstacles in obtaining authentic jewelry and
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In 2013 the states were given the opportunity to expand on Medicaid under the affordable care act. With this expansion the government would pay a 100 percent for the first three years and reduce down to 90 percent over ten years. Many of the southern states chose not to expand and went on to search for private insurance companies to help cover the cost they would be losing in the future years. These states include Texas‚ Florida‚ Georgia‚ Missouri‚ North Carolina‚ Virginia‚ Louisiana‚ Oklahoma‚ and
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land where a building should be constructed by the former. The contract provided‚ among others: the deposit to the account of the lessor-petitioner the amount of 150k representing 30K goodwill money and 120K advanced rental and a stipulation that in case the parties will not agree as to the terms and conditions of the final contract of lease‚ the pre-lease contract shall be declared null and void and the petitioner shall return the deposit plus legal interest. Before final occupancy‚ the petitioner
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a. Nursing students have a scope of practice specified in the Nurse Practice Act (NPA) of the State of Nevada. We are required to provide treatment to our patient based these scope practice. Practicing any activity out of our scope is a violation of law. Some of our scope of practice includes “nursing student … shall identify himself or herself by his or her appropriate title‚” “a nursing student may‚ as an apprentice nurse‚ perform those tasks which the nursing student has successfully demonstrated
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The signed Republic Act No. 10963 by President “Roa” Duterte‚ is part of the change our president wanted to do. The implementation of TRAIN Law will be beneficial to the government and the poor as it was stated by the Department of Finance that whose income below 250‚ 000 pesos are exempted from paying personal income tax (PIT). On the other hand the rich people will have a bigger contribution that will help the government to pursue and allot money to their projects such as infrastructures. The funds
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with inabilities and support independent ventures owned by individuals with disabilities (Gibilisco‚ 2014). • Fourth‚ helping autonomous‚ community based living for Americans with disabilities. In other words‚ this is authorizing the Community Choice Act‚ which would permit Americans with noteworthy incapacities the decision of living in their community instead of living in a nursing home
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