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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Some of the 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
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Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 Karla Azcue ACC 120-09 Mr. Donald Senior The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 is one of the most important legislations passed in the 21st century effecting financial practice and corporate governance. This act was passed on July 30‚ 2002 thanks to Representative Michael Oxley a republican from Ohio and Senator Paul Sarbanes a democrat from Maryland. They both passed two different bills that pertain to the same problem which had to do with corporation’s auditing accountability
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1- public accounting firm is a firm that registered by the public accounting oversight board so it provides accounting service to public company. Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 contains provision preventing any company which is not registered with the board from‚ furnishing‚ participating in an audit of a public company or preparing. the different categories of public accounting firm are as follow : (Local Regional National Big 4 Alternative Practice Structures) Also there are different
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Roles and function of Law Tina McCammon LAW/421 January‚ 16‚2013 Roles and function of Law Business Law relates to the legal matters that involve commercial entities. Some examples of topics covered in business law are contracts domestic and internationally. Employee relations such as discriminatory issues also fall into the category of business law. The laws that fit into this category protect the consumers as well as business owners and stockholders. The textbook refers the case Cipollone
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Ethical Behavior Hilda Hoyt XACC/291 April 23‚ 2015 Dr. Johnny Hamblin Ethical Behavior The question asked‚ did the Sarbanes-Oxley Act make any difference and why or why not do I think this way. This Act made a big difference in the ethical behavior of companies. In the past some companies felt that they could take any liberty and show it in any way they wanted on their financial statements. For example‚ they need another tax break‚ so they would get an upper management a new car‚ when they had
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Article Review Law/421 Week 3 Assignment David Pence They are different types of and legal protections of intellectual property. There are Copyrights‚ Patents‚ Trademarks‚ and Trade Secrets. Copyrights protect original works of authorship‚ such as literature‚ music‚ artistic works‚ and computer software‚ for example plagiarism‚ or use of music with in a game or music without the owner’s permission. As the holder of a copyright
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THE BENEFITS OF SARBANES-OXLEY AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE MEASURED AGAINST THE COSTS Salim Motala A research project submitted to the Gordon Institute of Business Science‚ University of Pretoria‚ in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Business Administration. 14 November 2007 ABSTRACT The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (SOX) is the only legislated corporate governance structure‚ and is aimed at increasing investor confidence in public companies by forcing them
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Role and Functions of Law LAW/421 November 3‚ 2014 Charles Hughes Role and Functions of Law “Law plays a significant role in the successful operation of business and society” (Bushman‚ 2007). Laws create order and allow a government to instruct citizens on what is acceptable behavior. These laws‚ better known as public laws‚ provide a clear set of rules for citizens to follow. What is Law? According to Melvin‚ law is defined as “a body of rules of action or conduct prescribed by controlling
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In this pack of LAW 421 Entire Course you will find the next docs: LAW-421 Final Exam.pdf LAW-421 Week 1 - The Roles and Funtions of Law.doc LAW-421 WEEK 1 DQs.doc LAW-421 Week 2 - International Legal and Ethical Issues.doc LAW-421 WEEK 2 DQs.doc LAW-421 Week 2 RULES OF LAW.doc LAW-421 Week 3 Article Review.doc LAW-421 Week 3 BugUSA.doc LAW-421 WEEK 3 DQs.doc LAW-421 Week 3 Team Legal issues in cyberspace.doc LAW-421 Week 4 - Big time toymaker.doc LAW-421 Week 4 - Team Weekly reflection
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