The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (Public Company Accounting Reform and Investor Protection Act‚ Pub.L. 107-204‚ July 30‚ 2002‚ 116 Stat. 745‚ July 30‚ 2002) was enacted by Congress in the wake of corporate and accounting scandals that led to bankruptcies‚ severe stock losses‚ and a loss of confidence in the Stock Market. The act imposes new responsibilities on corporate management and criminal sanctions on those managers who flout the law. It makes Securities fraud a serious federal crime and also
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Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 Article Review LAW/421 October 8‚ 2012 Thomas Glenz Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 Article Review The Sarbanes-Oxley Act was a daring attempt to legislate morality with the intentions of restoring integrity with the public in financial markets. The Sarbanes-Oxley Act is a direct result from corporate scandals like WorldCom‚ Enron‚ Adelphia‚ and Tyco‚ which succeeded in the collapse of these major corporation and ruined people’s lives. The mistreatment of employees
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Do sports fans go too far? People were throwing rocks‚ smashing windows and stores. Parents held their kids‚ and police got in riot gear and started shooting tear gas and rubber bullets. You would think that this would be from something different. But it was from a sports game. Fans of sports teams are getting so upset over who won or lost. I think that fans go too far because a lot of people have gotten hurt and killed by acting like this. On the other side of the issue‚ I also think that being
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Isolating Sarbanes-Oxley Section 404(b) effect on audit fees and market liquidity: a natural experiment. Premalata Sundaram* PDBP 2010 University of Florida August 23‚ 2010 Abstract Since the passage of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX) of 2002‚ a large body of evidence has accumulated on the costs this legislation has imposed on public companies in the United States. Estimates of the direct costs of the law have been fairly straightforward to measure‚ but the indirect costs of the legislation
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The Implications of the Sarbanes Oxley Act on the Accounting Profession Abstract On July 30‚ 2002‚ the Sarbanes Oxley Act (also known as SOX) was signed into law by President George W. Bush. The Sarbanes Oxley Act of 2002 is a federal law that set new or improved standards for all U.S. public company boards‚ management and public accounting firms. Covered in the eleven titles are additional corporate board responsibilities‚ auditing requirements and criminal penalties. This
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or turn back to an old safe place. But even on the decision is direction." (Hopps‚ p.147) Edward Kienholz first began his socially critical environments in the early sixties. When they first were displayed‚ they shocked the public. However they did not create a large stir outside the art community‚ until the creation of ROXY ’S in 1961. ROXY ’S provoked vulnerability in the private life of the individual to intervention by the environment and social convention. Ed Kienholz ’ environments are
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Today‚ sports are crucial parts of students lives. Children are so involved in sports‚ but are school-funded sports going too far? While sports do have benefits for children‚ the negative effects over power the positive ones. Sports are becoming more and more competitive these days‚ and children are beginning to start participating in sports at a younger age. These two factors cause negative effects on students. Sports should not continue to be funded by schools because they cause injuries‚ students
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The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 established a new five-person board to oversee financial accounting in publicly traded corporations. The board is appointed by the Securities and Exchange Commission. Prior to the creation of this board the industry relied primarily on self-regulation through the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. Do you think the establishment of the new oversight board was a good idea or should the profession have continued to be self-regulated? In 2002 there was
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pitfalls of the pre-Sarbanes-Oxley era were‚ in my opinion‚ no accountability for Chief Executive Officers (CEO) and other high level executives‚ the imposition of very small fines and no prison time for devastating frauds‚ and a lack of independence of external auditors and the board of directors. With this in mind‚ I believe five advantages of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 to be: 1. That it holds CEO’s accountable for internal controls so that they cannot claim that they did not know or understand
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WRITING ASSIGNMENT Writing Assignment “How The Sarbanes-Oxley Act Relates to Internal Control” Accounting 1 November 2011 Writing Assignment-How The Sarbanes-Oxley Act Relates to Internal Control. In attempting to explain the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX) and how it relates to the accounting concepts of control‚ some brief information is necessary to provide background on why it was enacted in 2002. Questions answered are why SOX was enacted‚ who passed this Act and why was it needed
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