Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 Kelon Thompson ACC 561 September 23‚ 2014 Dr. Martin Armstrong Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 was signed into law on July 30‚ 2002 after the United States corporate financial crisis. Sarbanes-Oxley Act can also be acknowledged by its official name‚ Public Company Accounting Reform and Investor Protection Act of 2002. Sarbanes-Oxley Act was named after its sponsors‚ Senator Paul Sarbanes and U.S. Representative Michael G. Oxley. It is recognized
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SARBANES-OXLEY ACT ACCOUNTING FOR NON-ACCOUNTING MAJORS 04/22/2013 Sarbanes-Oxley Act a.k.a. “SOX” The Sarbanes-Oxley Act was enacted to establish new or enhanced standards for U.S. public company boards‚ management‚ and public accounting firms. It is also known as the “Public Company Accounting Reform and the Investor Protection Act of 2002. It was created by Senator Paul Sarbanes (D-Maryland) and US Congressman Michael Oxley (R-Ohio) and was signed into law on July 30th 2002. This
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Section 404 Audits of Internal Control and Control Risk Review Questions 10-1 Management typically has three broad objectives in designing an effective internal control system. 1. Reliability of Financial Reporting Management is responsible for preparing financial statements for investors‚ creditors‚ and other users. Management has both a legal and professional responsibility to be sure that the information is fairly presented in accordance with reporting requirements such as GAAP. The
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President of LBJ Re: Internal Controls My Recommendation Impact of going public Public companies‚ as the result of the passing of Sarbanes Oxley Act of 2002‚ are necessary to document their controls‚ assess the documented controls and have their external auditors examine their testing of controls and note down a report about the efficiency of controls surrounding financial reporting. As a result‚ there will be supplementary work on designing‚ testing and auditing of controls if you come to a decision
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The Sarbanes –Oxley Act of 2002 has increased integrity of business dealings and financial reporting. Over the past decade‚ there were a huge number of corporate fraud cases. Companies were creating fraudulent accounting statements. In order to accomplish massive fraud‚ fictitious sales‚ inflated inventories‚ and phony profits were invented by corporate schemers. Companies such as Sunbeam‚ Waste Management‚ Rite-Aid and some others were some of the earlier cases before getting to the larger scandals
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Industrial Robot Control System A robot must have a control system to operate its drive system‚ which is used to move the arm‚ wrist‚ and body of a robot at various paths. When different industrial robots are compared with their control system‚ they can be divided into four major types. They are: • Limited Sequence Robots • Playback Robots with Point – Point Control • Playback Robots with Continuous Path Control • Intelligent Robots Limited Sequence Robots: The limited sequence
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Internal & External Factors The four functions of management are planning‚ organizing‚ leading‚ and controlling. Planning occurs within these functions of a business‚ and it helps to deliver strategic value. Organizing builds a dynamic organization and leading helps to mobilize people. Controlling is part of learning and changing as an organization grows. All four functions of management are key to effective management. Internal and external factors influence the decision-making process which in
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Internal Control Risks Identified in Apollo Shoes Assessing control risk is the process of evaluating the design and operating effectiveness of a company’s internal controls as to how it prevents or detects material misstatements in the financial statement assertions of management (Hayes‚ Dassen‚ Schilder‚ & Wallage‚ 2005). The conclusion reached as a result of assessing control risk is referred to as the assessed level of control risk. When assessing controls the auditor looks for weaknesses
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(2003:279) adds that a good inventory control system offers the ... 2. Inventory management system thesis www.docstoc.com › Technology › Other Aug 31‚ 2010 – Document Sample scope of work template. Inventory management system thesis. Record ? Abstract ... I Abstract II Introduction ... 1 1 continued ... 3. Essays.se: INVENTORY SYSTEM THESIS INTRODUCTION www.essays.se/about/inventory+system+thesis+introduction/ Swedish University essays about INVENTORY SYSTEM THESIS INTRODUCTION. Search and
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Running head: INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL FACTORS IN NIKEInternal and External factors in NikeMelena GillihanUniversity of PhoenixInternal and External factors in NikeBateman and Snell (2007) state that‚ "Management is the process of working with people and resources to accomplish organizational goals" (Chap.1‚ pg 16.) In order for this to work and run smoothly the four functions of management come into play; leading‚ controlling‚ organizing‚ and planning. The four functions are impacted by internal and external
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