SOX Compliance The Sarbanes–Oxley Act of 2002 (passed on 30 July 2002) is a federal law of United States that has established new and improved regulations for all the US companies in reaction to the growing financial statement frauds‚ which resulted in huge losses to investors. So it was an attempt by US congress to reinforce corporate governance and restore the faith of the investors in the US financial reporting system. It made extensive changes in the freedom and productiveness of the auditors
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In analyzing the macro-environment‚ it is important to identify the factors that might in turn affect a number of vital variables that are likely to influence the organization ’s supply and demand levels and its costs (Kotter and Schlesinger‚ 1991; Johnson and Scholes‚ 1993). The "radical and ongoing changes occurring in society create an uncertain environment and have an impact on the function of the whole organization" (Tsiakkiros‚ 2002). A number of checklists have been developed as ways of cataloguing
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Corporate Environment Obligation: An examination of the performance of Chevron Corporation Nowadays‚ increasing customers worried about the negative effects that large companies put on environment especially some energy industries. Chevron Corporation is one of largest multinational energy corporations in the world which has branch offices in more than 100 countries. It is engaged in all the aspects of gas and crude oil‚ which include exploration‚ production‚ marketing‚ chemicals manufacturing and
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Question 1: What are the primary goals and tenets of SOX with respect to fraud? The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 was created to reduce financial statement fraud by two main congressmen; Senator Paul Sarbanes and Representative Michael OXLEY. The primary goal of the SOX was to fix auditing of US public companies ‚ also SOX improvement of the quality of audits in an attempt to eliminate fraud in order to protect the public’s interest‚ as well as for the protection of the investors (Donaldson‚ 2003)
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the quiet ones to speak up and you will get higher marks. 7. Anti-Donkey Technique: Pay attention to the time and when it gets closer to the end of 10 mins‚ just try and agree with one person (even if you really don’t think so in real life! No point being stubborn in the test.) 8. Concluding Technique: Make sure you agree BEFORE going into the exam room who will be doing the conclusion. Pay close attention to the time and steer everyone to making the right conclusion. P/S:It’s ok if…all
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LO - 1.1: Summarise key aspects of legislation‚ regulatory requirements and codes of practice relating to own role and responsibilities LO - 1.3: Evaluate own role and responsibilities in Lifelong Learning Sector Data Protection Act 1998 “The Act is to protect the rights and privacy of individuals‚ and to ensure that data about them are not processed without their knowledge and are processed with their consent wherever possible. The Act covers personal data relating to living individuals
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Cendant Corporation Evaluating Risk of Financial Statement Fraud and Assessing the Control Environment Describe the auditor’s responsibility for considering a client’s internal controls Describe the auditor’s responsibility to detect material misstatements due to fraud Identify red flags present during the audits of CUC International‚ Inc.’s financial statements‚ which suggest weaknesses in the company’s control environment (CUC was the predecessor company to Cendant Corporation) Identify
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Spring is coming‚ many residents of the home opened the long closed the window‚ but the attendant problems. Recently‚ Hankou Jiefang avenue the street several households generally to reflect this‚ road sweeper noise is too big‚ loud they can’t fall asleep. According to live in Mr. Xu Jiang’an District of Taiping community reflect‚ he this year 33 years old‚ sleep quality was not good‚ where her a little‚ would wake him‚ woke up very long time to sleep again. The building where he lives close to
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Enron Corporation‚ a major billion dollar company‚ was thriving at its highest level back in the year of 2000. Enron employed approximately 22‚000 associates and was named “America’s most innovative company” by Fortune. However‚ under all of the bliss‚ revealed was a substantial amount of corporate fraud and corruption. The Enron scandal involved both illegal and unethical activity. Enron’s executive chose deception of the stakeholders and short-term financial gains for themselves. They were
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Cendant Corporation [1] (a) Related parties make decisions based on information provided through financial statements. It is the auditor’s responsibility to plan and perform audit engagement to offer reasonable assurance that the financial statements are correct and fair. (b) The two main categories of fraud that affect financial reporting include misstatements arising from fraudulent financial reporting and misstatements arising from misappropriation of assets. (c) Factors that auditor’s should
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