Sarbanes-Oxley Act 2002 Edwina Wilson ACC 561 November 25‚ 2014 Dr. Carolyn Harold Sarbanes–Oxley Act was introduced into law July 30‚ 2002. It is named after the two sponsors‚ U.S. Senator Paul Sarbanes (D-MD) and U.S. Representative Michael G. Oxley (R-OH). The main objective of the act is to protect investors by improving the accuracy‚ reliability and accountability of corporate disclosures. New aspects were created by Sarbanes-Oxley for corporate accountability as well as new penalties for wrong
Premium Corporation Enron Public company
Pierce Control Systems case 1. Based on the 10 percent compensating balance requirement‚ how much would Pierce Control Systems have to borrow to acquire $10 million in needed funds? Solution: Compensating balance = 10% → 0.10 Amount needed = $10‚000‚ 000 [pic] [pic] Check: Loan = $11‚111‚111 Compensating balance = 10% → 0.10 = loan ∙ 0.10 = $11‚111‚111 ∙ 0.10 = $1‚111‚111 Available funds = Loan – Compensating Balance Available funds = $11‚111
Premium Interest Finance Time
Management control system Assignment -1 Summary Basic concept Elements of control system 1) Detector: it provide the information about the process which is being controlled. 2) Assessor: it describe the significance of what is happening in comparing with expectation of what should happen. 3) Effectors: this device alter the behavior if assessor indicates the need to do so. 4) Communication network: this device transmit the information between detector and assessor and between
Premium Management
Designing a Reward System By: Kelly Hitt A reward system in the human service organization is a great idea. Having a reward system can help boost morale and give employees something to look forward too and work harder to strive to get the reward that is being offered. When deciding to have a reward systems there are many things that need to be considered. Some things to be considered would be the nine major factors of motivation. These are respect for me as a person‚ good pay‚ chance
Premium Reward system Employment
The Internal/External Factors of Management Wal-Mart Stores‚ Inc. In today’s world management must consider a wide variety of factors in order to establish an effective management plan. Wal-Mart Stores‚ Inc. is the world’s largest company and number one retailer‚ with this success a company this large needs to not only to look internally for solutions to their management objectives‚ they must also look outside of their business for additional resources. With the increase of technology and
Premium Wal-Mart
Designing a Reward System June 16‚ 2013 HSM/220 Amanda Enz-Olavarria Designing a reward system for a human service organization is difficult. In fact designing a reward system where employers and management are both happy is difficult. Employees want something that gives them benefits beyond health insurance and paid time off (PTO). Employees want resect from management‚ good compensation‚ a chance to turn out quality work‚ chances for promotion‚ opportunities to do interesting work‚ the feeling
Premium Reward system Employment Money
the research questions. Therefore the data collected on the effectiveness of the ZDF BF internal controls could be justified. Figure 4.4 displays the subjects’ response rate. Figure 4.5: Response rate. Source: Primary Data. 4.2 The Nature and Type of Available ZDF BF Internal Control System The discussion‚ on the evaluation of ICS in the dissertation‚ was mostly based on the COSO Integrated Internal Control Framework given its broad concepts‚ applicability to most entities and consolidated history
Premium Management Marketing Statistics
DESIGNING THE VOTING SYSTEM FOR THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION Dennis Leech No 587 WARWICK ECONOMIC RESEARCH PAPERS DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMICS DESIGNING THE VOTING SYSTEM FOR THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION Dennis Leech‚ Department of Economics and CSGR‚ University of Warwick and Voting Power and Procedures programme‚ CPNSS‚ London School of Economics Revised August 2001 (To be published in Public Choice.) Dr D Leech Department of Economics University of Warwick Coventry
Premium European Union
Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 Descriptions of the main aspects of the regulatory environment which will protect the public from fraud within corporations are going to be provided in this paper. A special attention to the Sarbanes – Oxley Act of 2002 (SOX) requirement; along with an evaluation of whether Sarbanes-Oxley Act will be effective in avoiding future frauds based on their implemented rules and regulations. The main aspects of the regulatory environment are based on the different laws and regulations
Premium Management Health care Marketing
Chapter 5: the Sarbanes- Oxley act of 2002 involved the public anger that started when Enron‚ WorldCom‚ and other big companies scandals. This is when there was support for white collar crime when it came to accounting standards. Under the law of federal sentencing rules to make sure that white collar criminals are being punished. (Barnes‚ 2012). 1. For someone to alter or get rid of documents and there intensions to obstruct or effect the crime/case. 2. The CEO (chief executive officer) and the
Premium Corporate governance Enron Sarbanes–Oxley Act