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    The Sarbanes-Oxley Act

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    Sarbanes-Oxley Act 2002 Sarbanes-Oxley Act 2002 The Sarbanes-Oxley Act is named after two Senators who were considered the architects of the act and setting into motion the deadlines for compliance with it. These Senators were Paul Sarbanes and Michael Oxley. The Sarbanes-Oxley Act was brought into force in 2002 to help regulate financial practices of corporations. This was mostly due to the actions of Enron and WorldCom scandals. The management of these corporations was not being truthful with

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    Clean Water Act

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    The Act allows the EPA to regulate the discharge of pollutants from industrial and municipal treatment plants and sewer systems. They also monitor pre-treated pollutants to ensure that industrial and municipal pollutants do not interfere with local sewer and water treatment plants. The Act ensures the collection of debris that may potentially make its way into major waterways. On a smaller scale

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    Stamp Act Apush

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    Chapter 7 terms & Key Points Admiralty Courts Stamp Act and Sugar Act offenses were tried in this court. Juries were not allowed and the burden of proof was on the defendant. All were assumed to be guilty until proven innocent. Trial by jury and innocent until proven guilty were basic rights that the British people everywhere had held dear. Boston Port Act One such law was the Boston Port Act. It closed the Boston harbor until damages were paid and order could be ensured. British East India Company

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    One of the biggest violations to American Civil Rights is the Patriot Act. “The USA PATRIOT Act is an Act of the U.S. Congress that was signed into law by President George W. Bush on October 26‚ 2001. The act greatly reduced restrictions that were placed on law enforcement agencies and gave them the ability to search telephone‚ e-mail communications‚ medical‚ financial‚ and other records. It eased restrictions on foreign intelligence gathering within the United States and expanded the Secretary of

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    Sarbanes-Oxley Act

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    seen a lot of fraud within corporations. In several instances the acts by greedy corporations have ruined not only the employees but the public stock and investors or shareholders. In order to safeguard the public from fraud‚ the government implanted regulator laws. The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 is mandatory. To prevent the dishonest practices all organizations are required to comply with The Sarbannes-Oxley Act of 2002. The act is named after Senator Paul Sarbanes and Representative Michael Oxley

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    Landrum Griffin Act

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    The Landrum-Griffin Act of 1959 The Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act (LMRDA)‚ also known as the Landrum-Griffin Act of 1959 has brought about significant changes for U.S. labor unions. It is important to know what led to the creation of the act and how the act changed labor unions entirely. The paper will examine the history of labor crime on one of labor unions largest unions‚ the Teamsters. The paper will also discuss the creation of the Landrum-Griffin Act of 1959 and will examine

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    Indian Easement Act

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    INDIAN EASEMENTS ACT‚ 1882 (Act No. 5 of Year 1882) An Act to define and amend the law relating to easements and licences WHEREAS it is expedient to define and amend the law relating to Easements and Licences. It is hereby enacted as follows: - PRELIMINARY 1. Short title - This Act may be called the Indian Easements Act‚ 1882. Local extent: It extends to the territories respectively administered by the Governor of Madras in Council and the Chief Commissioners of the Central Provinces

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    Clean Water Act

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    The clean water act was passed in 1948 but back then it was called the Federal Water Pollution Control Act. The act was reorganized and expanded in 1972 and changed the name to Clean Water Act and made some amendments. The clean water act makes it unlawful to discharge any pollutant from a point source into lakes‚ rivers and coastal waters‚ unless a permit is obtained‚ (epa.gov). Homes that are connected to a municipal system‚ use a septic system‚ or do not have a surface discharge do not need a

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    Information Technology Acts There are several advances in information technology that resulted in new ethical issues necessitating the creation of certain acts. The two acts which will be discussed in this paper are the Children’s Internet Protection Act of 2000‚ and the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974. Children’s Internet Protection Act‚ 2000 The Children’s Internet Protection Act (CIPA) is a federal law which was passed by Congress to allocate the offensive content over the

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    Capacity Act 2005

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    Community Care legislation (The Disability Discrimination Act‚ People First‚ The Direct Payments Act) • The Disability Discrimination Act; this bans disability discrimination by employers against disabled job-seekers‚ discrimination from fellow employees and also by service providers against disabled service users. This is the main disability discrimination law‚ it imposes a duty on employers and service providers to make adjustments so that they can have access employment‚ access to and use of goods

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