the student website Locate an article specifically related to the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX Act) of 2002. Write a 350- to 700-word review of the article. Your review should discuss how the SOX Act may affect ethical decision making in today’s business environment‚ and the criminal penalties for which the act provides. Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines.Article: Why was the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 created and how does it impact financial reporting today? General
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Ethics ACC/291 August 4‚ 2012 Ethics The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 was approved in order to keep corporations form scamming the government. The law was a consequence of many corporate scams. This law was to protect the investors and give them the correct information and to make the corporations reveal all information which may impact an investor’s judgment of the corporation. This act/law will make corporations complete an internal audit from time to time as to keep all the information correct
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Introduction The Sarbanes-Oxley Act was one of the best rules and regulations that were passed for accountants. However‚ it did have its advantages and disadvantages. It was signed to address all the audit failures and all the trust issues with the public accounting market and to possibly put a stop to all the corporate financial accounting scandals that were taking place during the years of 2000 and 2002. `“One who is faithful in a very little is also faithful in much‚ and one who is dishonest
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time consuming. Riordan has a Service request (SR-rm-013) in which the company shows concern about various security aspects within the company and the requirements of the Sarbanes-Oxley. Multiple different aspects of the company’s current security structure should be revised and updated to meet the standards of Sarbanes-Oxley Act. Riordan SR-RM-013 Technology has been growing for the past years. With most of the world population relying on smart phones‚ computers‚ tablets for day to day
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transactions‚ approve required financial disclosures‚ and‚ in the case of accountants‚ certify the accuracy of required reports (Enrione‚ Mazza‚ & Zerboni‚ 2006). Congress responded by enacting the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (“Sarbanes-Oxley”)‚ which became effective on July 30‚ 2002. Sarbanes-Oxley makes many changes in the securities regulation process to improve corporate governance and reporting. It imposes harsh penalties on violators‚ creates an elaborate system for governing and regulating
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Should Smaller Public Companies be Exempted from Complying with SOX Section 404(b)? ABSTACT On July 21‚ 2010 the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act provided the non-accelerated public companies (those with a market capital below $75 million) a permanent exemption from complying with the Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) Section 404(b). The Section 404(b) would have required these smaller companies to do what larger companies over the $75 million market cap are currently doing; requiring
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justified DATE: November 16‚ 2014 TO: Kenneth Johnston FROM: Constance Punch RE: Sarbanes-Oxley Act: Was the ‘one-size-fits-all’ approach justified? Nogler‚ G.‚ & Inwon‚ J. (2011‚ May/June). Sarbanes-Oxley Act: Was the ’one-size-fits-all’ approach justified? Journal of Corporate Accounting & Finance (Wiley)‚ 22(4)‚ 65-76. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jcaf.20691 ARTICLE SYNOPSIS When looking at the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and subsequence laws‚ the article looks at whether or not they were the correct solution
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ACCT301 Week 2 Homework 1. In two to three paragraphs‚ describe the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and why it is important to the accounting profession. (15 points) The Sarbanes-Oxley Act was passed in 2002 by Congress after a series of scandals involving companies such as Enron‚ WorldCom‚ and Tyco. This was passed because of shady transactions and misrepresented financial data which caused shareholders to lose millions of dollars and their trust in investing in public companies. It was passed to create
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over Enron and then the passage of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act to protect shareholders‚ why do you think we still continue to see these types of situations? People are sick of working for nothing and to get their paws on any money other than their own is easily to spend down the road with hope they won’t get caught. In a word “entitlement” Is it unreasonable to expect that businesses can and should act ethically? In a perfect world people would hope businesses can act ethically but not everyone has integrity
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Repeal the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. Retrieved from http://www.cato.org/pub_display.php?pub_id=6624 ARTICLE SYNOPSIS The article was a proposal that tried to justify the reason that congress should repeal the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX Act) of 2002. The act is seen as a problem because individual felt that the act was only put in place so government official could feel better about addressing some issues of popular concern rather than resolving the issue. According to Niskanen the SOX act of 2002 is
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