ASSIGNMENT 1 IMPACT OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT (SOX) Submit to: Outline three (3) ways in which your medium-sized private company may benefit from going public‚ providing a rationale for each. Supporters of companies going public suggest that gaining additional capital is one of the benefits medium sized companies gain by going public. The rationale for going public is to float the shares of the company through the stock market by starting an initial public offer
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The 1919 Black Sox Scandal In 1919‚ eight of the Chicago White Sox allegedly threw the World Series. Charles Comiskey was the ruthless owner of the White Sox and was the main motive of the sox to throw the series. Chick Gandil was the first player to get involved and then he spread it to the other players on the team. The act by these players would be called the Black Sox Scandal. The Scandal nearly ruined America’s pastime. The baseball commissioner‚ Judge Landis‚ banned all eight of the players
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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;
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§201 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 specifies those activities which a public accounting firm cannot do if they are performing an audit for a company. The firm cannot provide: “(1) bookkeeping or other services related to the accounting records or financial statements of the audit client; (2) financial information systems design and implementation; (3) appraisal or valuation services‚ fairness opinions‚ or contribution-in-kind reports; (4) actuarial services; (5) internal audit outsourcing services;
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TITLE II—AUDITOR INDEPENDENCE SEC. 201. SERVICES OUTSIDE THE SCOPE OF PRACTICE OF AUDITORS. (a) PROHIBITED ACTIVITIES.—Section 10A of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78j–1) is amended by adding at the end the following: ‘‘(g) PROHIBITED ACTIVITIES.—Except as provided in subsection (h)‚ it shall be unlawful for a registered public accounting firm (and any associated person of that firm‚ to the extent determined appropriate by the Commission) that performs for any issuer any
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Chicago White Sox and their involvement in the Black Sox Scandal of 1919. Transition: First of all‚ I will give you some information about the team involved in the scandal. I. The White Sox are a baseball team founded in Chicago‚ Illinois. a. They were founded in 1900. d.ii. Due to struggles with the manager the whole team began to struggle to get along.
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SOX versus the Brooke Corporation April Mallari Accounting/291 February 2‚ 2012 Joseph Ori * The purpose of this article analysis is to identify situations that may lead to unethical practices and behavior in accounting. Brooke Corporation and founder Robert Orr are an example of how Sarbanes Oxley (SOX) laws have not been as effective as most want to believe as based on the article‚ “Eight Years after the Fact is SOX working? A Look at the Brooke Corporation” by Beth Hazels. Brooke Corporation
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scandals and actions reported many inaccurate information. The problems were not at the lower level‚ but the top executive levels were the problems. Due to many of these unethical financial activities‚ the stock financial reporting was inaccurate. The SOX Act was constructed to improve and build on the public trust. The goal is to gain the confidence and restore the integrity of the financial market. The public wanted integrity and honest of the government and the honesty and integrity of corporate
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There are several legal and ethical implications that surrounds genetic testing for prenatal families. The forthcoming of new genetic information and technologies have exposed women to available options for those with genetic concerns and birth defects. For an example‚ ultrasounds utilizes sound waves to provide women with an image of the fetus. However‚ these in the womb images have stimulated growing debates surrounding ethical concerns such as psychosocial risks if fetal abnormalities are discovered
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Acct2241 (a) What authoritative literature addresses comprehensive income? When was issued? The FASB Accounting Standards Codification® is the source of authoritative generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) recognized by the FASB to be applied by nongovernmental entities. Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 130 Reporting Comprehensive Income Issued: June 1997 (b) Provide the definition of
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