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    Sarbanes-Oxley Act Brandie Cortinas ENGL 145(D-21) 5-12-14 Ms. Vivian Abstract The act enacted in response to financial problems to protect the public from accounting errors and fraud. The act does not specify how a business should store their records; rather‚ it defines which records are to be stored and for how long they’re going to be stored. The act affects the financial corporations and the IT department. All business records must be saved for more than five

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    of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act LAW 421 Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act This article review is on the article written by David S. Addington called “Congress Should Repeal or Fix Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act to Help Create Jobs.” The Heritage Foundation published the article on September 30 2013. In the article‚ the author addresses concerns among companies staying in compliance with Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. The author indicates that section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley act has

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    The Sarbanes-Oxley Act is a mandatory legislation which had came into force in 2002 with the changes in regulation of corporate governance and of financial practice. There are Periodic Statutory financial reports which are to include certification that the financial statements and related information fairly prestent the financial condition and the results in all material respects information on any fraud that involves employees who are involved with internal activities. There are some requirements

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    assurance board. c) Accounting standard board. d) Public company accounting oversight board. e) SOX (Sarbanes Oxley Act) Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 is the act passed by the Congress of United States in the year 2002 with an intention to protect the investors from the possibility of fraudulent accounting acts which are conducted by corporations (Testimony Concerning Implementation of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002). The act made certain strict reforms which are to be compulsorily followed by the corporations

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    Introduction In the beginning years of the new century a series of huge corporate frauds predominated the business sections and front pages of dominant newspapers‚ shaking public confidence in the integrity of corporate America. Those scandals also raise serious questions about the integrity‚ acuity and prudence of business leaders and accountants who structure and document business transactions‚ approve required financial disclosures‚ and‚ in the case of accountants‚ certify the accuracy of required

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    Sarbanes-Oxley Act Dana Smith LAW/321 December 6‚ 2011 Michelle Hamilton Sarbanes-Oxley Act In the corporate world today the rules and regulations are stricter than they were in early 2000. The development of corporate governance that established procedures to be used by officers and directors for lines of responsibility‚ approval‚ oversight by key stockholders‚ and set the rules for corporate decision making became more extreme. The Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX) of 2002 made the use of

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    Sarbanes Oxley Act Research Project Brielle Lewis MBA 315 March 6‚ 2014 I. Abstract The purpose of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act is to protect investors by improving the accuracy and reliability of corporate disclosures made pursuant to the securities law‚ and for other purposes. (Lander‚ 2004) The Act created new standards for public companies and accounting firms to abide by. After multiple business failures due to fraudulent activities and embezzlement at companies such as Enron Sarbanes and

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    The intent of the Sarbanes Oxley (SOX) Act was to improve the accuracy of the information given to both boards and shareholders. It requires entities to adopt the existing best practices for information reporting. The Act accomplished this goal by applying the following provisions: repairing incentives and independence in the auditing process‚ creating stricter penalties for providing false information and forcing companies to validate their internal financial regulation processes. The SOX Act

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    discovered that over the past several years the accountants and CEOs of these corporate giants were “cooking the books‚” the act of fooling the market into believing profits are higher than they actually are. The unlucky individuals who had believed their money was invested in high earning companies were hoodwinked‚ and their money was lost forever

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    Comparing the Requirements of Sarbanes-Oxley to the Principles of the COSO Framework Claudette Zuokemefa Walden University Managing Operational and Financial Business Risks ACCT 6600/ACMG 6600/MMBA 6784 Dr. Wendy W. Achilles‚ CPA June 22‚ 2015 Comparing the Requirements of Sarbanes-Oxley to the Principles of the COSO Framework This paper will address how do the requirements of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX) support or contradict the principles of the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the

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