Article Review The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 ARTICLE SYNOPSIS In response to the Enron and WorldCom scandals‚ the Sarbanes-Oxley Act was enacted in July 30‚ 2002. This provides a comprehensive power that modifies the compliance of how companies would need to report their financials to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The law’s purpose is to solve precise mechanism failures in accounting approaches and requires greater levels of fiduciary responsibilities especially for those
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Dissolution[edit] In the most common situation‚ a tablet is ingested and passes through the esophagus to the stomach. The rate of dissolution is a key target for controlling the duration of a drug’s effect‚ and as such‚ several dosage forms that contain the same active ingredient may be available‚ differing only in the rate of dissolution. If a drug is supplied in a form that is not readily dissolved‚ the drug may be released more gradually over time with a longer duration of action. Having a
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References: CNET (2002) Drawing lessons from WorldCom [WWW] CNET. Available from: http://news.cnet.com/Drawing-lessons-from-WorldCom/2009-1022_3-943517.html [Accessed 30/11/2010] BBC (2002) Enron scandal at-a-glance [WWW] CNET. Available from: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/1780075.stm [Accessed 02/12/2010] SOXLAW (2002) The Sarbanes-Oxley
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officials in other organizations or affiliates. The accounting profession has been ridiculed by the corporate scandals that took place in the last decade. A few of the companies that are most commonly known for these scandals are Enron‚ Sunbeam‚ WorldCom and Cendant. Some of the leading public accounting firms have been accused of negligence in the execution of their duties as auditors to identify and prevent the publication of misrepresentations in the financial statements of the companies that
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legitimate power‚ reward power‚ coercive power‚ expert power‚ referent power. Case Study Bernie Ebbers built WorldCom Inc into one of the largest telecommunication firms. Yet he and CFO Scott Sullivan have become better known for creating a massive corporate accouting fraud that led to the largest bankruptcy in US history. Two investigative reports and subsequent court cases concluded that WorldCom executoves were responsible for billions in fraudulent or unsupported accouting entries. How did this mammoth
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Art. 1817. Any stipulation against the liability laid down in the preceding article shall be void‚ except as among the partners. Stipulation eliminating liability. If there is a stipulation exempting any of the partners from liability to third persons‚ such stipulation is void as to third person but valid among the partners. Art. 1818. Every partner is an agent of the partnership for the purpose of its business‚ and the act of every partner‚ including the execution in the partnership name of
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would risk arbitragers take in this deal? How would their positions change if the board appears to favour Quest offer? 4. Consider the Worldcom-MCI merger and the Qwest-US West merger. Trying to avoid hindsight bias‚ should the board of MCI and US West have accepted these offers? What is the obligation to shareholders? Was that obligation fulfilled? What about WorldCom and Qwest? Did their shareholders benefit? 5. Which offer should MCI accept? Why? 6. What approach should Verizon take to win takeover
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federal law‚ which is established in order to set out the some standards for accounting firms‚ public company boards and management. These standards are established in order to overcome the problem of accounting scandals. Companies such as Enron and WorldCom have created major accounting scandals. Sarbanes-Oxley Act protects the investors from the accounting scandals and frauds created by corporations (Vay‚ 2006). It has also introduced provision for the improvement in internal auditing of the firm.
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that arose from the Enron and WorldCom bankruptcies. The article illustrates how the different rules and legislature affect different size business‚ and the ramifications that resulted for companies that must follow the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. The authors of the article also conducted a study on whether or not fraud of the financial statements was in direct correlation of businesses filing bankruptcy (Nogler & Inwon‚ 2011‚ p. 68) like in the cases of Enron and WorldCom. The results found that the larger
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consider what role ethics will play and how social responsibility will affect the plan keeping stakeholders need at the forefront. If businesses and individuals make willful effort to behave ethically‚ then there is less chance to see any Enron or WorldCom in the future business world. Author’s personal perspective towards ethics and social responsibility grow over time in the master’s of business administration (MBA) program. Throughout in MBA program author learned that you should always behave ethically
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