1. AUTOMOBILE INDUSTRY – INTRODUCTION 1.1 EVOLUTION OF AUTOMOBILE INDUSTRY: The evolution of the automotive industry has been influenced by various innovations in fuels‚ vehicle components‚ societal infrastructure‚ and manufacturing practices‚ as well as changes in markets‚ suppliers and business structures. Some historians cite examples as early as the year 1600 of sail-mounted carriages as the first vehicles to be propelled by something other than animals or humans. However‚ it is believed by
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Sarbanes Oxley Act Research Project Brielle Lewis MBA 315 March 6‚ 2014 I. Abstract The purpose of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act is to protect investors by improving the accuracy and reliability of corporate disclosures made pursuant to the securities law‚ and for other purposes. (Lander‚ 2004) The Act created new standards for public companies and accounting firms to abide by. After multiple business failures due to fraudulent activities and embezzlement at companies such as Enron Sarbanes and
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classification of social regulations In the course of the recent 50 years the decrease of economic regulations is quite noticeable while the social ones present an increasing tendency and have been gaining significance after the Second World War. New government institutions have been established and keep preparing an increasing number of regulations referring to social issues. This trend is present both in USA and in the EU countries. As opposed to economic regulations‚ which refer to market and economic
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Some media industries need greater regulation than others. Discuss. The term regulation in a media sense refers to the whole process of control or guidance‚ by established rules and procedures‚ applied by governments and other political and administrative authorities to all kinds of media activities. Media regulation always has a potential to intervene on ongoing activities‚ usually for some stated "public interest" goal‚ but also to serve other needs in which media can contribute to. The visual
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Current Trend in Computer Industry and How the World Would Become after 5 years from now. Introduction Kim: Hello and welcome to Computerworld.com. Today my partner‚ Avril and I will discuss about the current trend in computer industry. We are also going to predict what the world would become after 5 years from now based on the trend in computer industry nowadays. Avril: Before discussing any further about the topic we really need to understand what is “Computer Industry”. Therefore here is a short
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Competitiveness and Corporate Accountability Act‚ better known as the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX)‚ was signed into law‚ with the intention of rebuilding public trust in corporate America. Its laws‚ which required boards to “oversee closely financial transactions and auditing procedures‚” applied primarily to publicly traded corporations (Baker‚ 2005). Only two of the practices named within were required of not-for-profit companies. Nevertheless‚ due to the proliferation of fraud within the not-for-profit
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Senator Paul Sarbanes and Representative Michael Oxley drafted the Sarbanes-Oxley Act or "SOX" in 2002 in order to curb the incidence of corporate fraud. The “Act” was signed into law on July 30th 2002 by President George W. Bush with the express purpose of restoring public confidence in the financial markets; and after enacting “the Act”‚ neither Sarbanes or Oxley would run for re-election in the 2006 elections (Jahmani & Dowling‚ 2008). The intent of the SOX Act was to protect investors‚ and
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advertised product will satisfy a need or desire. When a person is already clearly conscious of some need or want‚ and a product exists that will satisfy that need or want‚ it requires very little in the way of advertising to persuade the person to buy. Under such conditions‚ all an advertisement needs is an announcement of the product’s existence‚ its price and where it can be bought. When consumers are not conscious of specific needs o wants or when the qualities of a product are not clearly observable
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and negative affects that Sarbanes Oxley has on publicly traded corporations‚ the accounting professions‚ and financial statement users. I will use different resources in order to discuss these two sides and concentrate more in the actual Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. Sarbanes-Oxley was created to improve quality and transparency in financial reporting‚ independent audits‚ and accounting services for public companies. SOX was also established to create a Public Company Accounting Oversight Board
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United States have in common? They all are subject to some variation of internet regulation from their governments. Internet regulation has become a global issue as many people are questioning what authorities and personal freedoms that infringes on‚ and on the opposing end many people are for this sort of government “protection”. Here is the United States we are accustomed to being able to look up what we want when we want‚ and have a whole lot of freedom with our internet access. What we don’t
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