RE: Punishing the Innocent: The Sarbanes-Oxley Act Hunter‚ B. (2007). Punishing the innocent: The Sarbanes-Oxley Act. Retrieved from www.fee.org/files/docLib/0703hunter.pdf ARTICLE SYNOPSIS Hunter’s article examines how the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX Act) is too stringent and gives too much power over companies to governing bodies‚ i.e. the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) (Hunter‚ 2007). It discusses how the SOX Act is unfair to domestic and foreign and small and large
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What is the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and what is its purpose? The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 was designed and passed to protect investors of corporations from the possible acts of fraudulent accounting activities by corporations. The SOX Act’s purpose is to commend and force ethical business practices among businesses across all industries. The overall goal was to protect financial records that organizations keep to help further protect against any and all accounting fraud. Major corporations like
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A Bank is a financial organization which accepts deposits that can be withdrawn on demand and also lends money to individuals and business houses that need it. Structure of banking sector in India: What is RBI? The RBI is India’s central bank. The Reserve Bank of India was established on April 1‚ 1935 in accordance with the provisions of the Reserve Bank of India Act‚ 1934. RBI acts as a banker to the Government and Banks. The Central Bank maintains record of Government revenue and expenditure
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Hitler’s Rise to Power How did Hitler rise to power (1933) and consolidate his power (1934)? When the First World War ended on November 11th 1918; many Germans were put into poverty due to the massive costs of the war. Millions of dying and hungry Germans caused the public to turn to radical political views. A crucial point on the agenda of many Germans was to find a culprit‚ someone to blame for all the problems that hit Germany after the war. One of these post-war radical parties was the DAP
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Assignment #5‚ SOX SOX: The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 was signed into federal law in July 2002. It is commonly knows as SOX and was a result of the majoring accounting and corporate scandals‚ including Enron and WorldCom. Essentially‚ this act puts new and tighter accounting restrictions and standards on public firms and their accounting practices. SOX also established the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board which oversees and regulates accounting firms. In summary‚ this act further regulates
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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington‚ D.C. 20549 FORM 10-K ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 For the fiscal year ended December 31‚ 2008 OR TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 For the transition period from to Commission File No. 1-2217 20FEB200902055832 (Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter) DELAWARE 58-0628465 (State or other jurisdiction of
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The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (SOX) is the interjection of the Federal government will into organizational governance since businesses failed to enforce proper control processes throughout their organizations; process such as ERM (enterprise risk management)‚ which is designed to identify and manage risks that may result in failure to achieve objectives (Gelinas‚ Dull‚ & Wheeler‚ 2016). The paper did not really present an Article Critique but I chose to reply because I wanted to research on the
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How Did Hitler Establish A Dictatorship In Germany From 30th January 1933 To August 1934? On The 30th of January 1933‚ President Hindenburg appointed Hitler as Chancellor. In the 18 months succeeding this‚ Hitler became‚ essentially‚ a dictator. This essay will look at what a dictatorship is and how it operates‚ how the population is brought to a point where they accept a dictatorship‚ and examine and analyze the vital events that took place in Germany which lead to Hitler assuming dictatorial
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GLOBAL FINANCIAL CRISES AND THE FUTURE OF SECURITIZATION Contents 1. Introduction……………………………………………………………………...3 2. Overview………………………………………………………………………...3 3. Structured-finance securitization ………………………………………………..5 4. Key segments of the securitization market………………………………………6 5. Rating Agencies Deficiencies....................………………………………………8 6. Future of Structured-finance securitization……………………………..……...10 7. Conclusion................................................…………………………………...…11
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SOX Compliance The Sarbanes–Oxley Act of 2002 (passed on 30 July 2002) is a federal law of United States that has established new and improved regulations for all the US companies in reaction to the growing financial statement frauds‚ which resulted in huge losses to investors. So it was an attempt by US congress to reinforce corporate governance and restore the faith of the investors in the US financial reporting system. It made extensive changes in the freedom and productiveness of the auditors
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