579 Search Results for Sarbanes Oxley
Strict Liability & Securities Law
Congress defined security laws to include investment contracts, but "investment contract" is not itself defined in law (Condomimiums as Investment Contracts under the Security Laws, 2011). An Eleventh Circuit co Continue Reading...
COBIT is a tool that allows managers to communicate and bridge the gap with respect to control requirements, technical issues, and business risks" (Lainhart IV, 2000). The main objective of COBIT is to enable managers to develop clear policies and go Continue Reading...
McBride Security Policy
Security Policies and Recommendations for McBride Financial Services
McBride Financial Services has experienced increased consumer interest in its innovative and economical loan offerings and terms. With rising competition i Continue Reading...
Alcan's continued revenue growth is the result of the combined success of increasing sales in four main business units, in addition to growth through acquisition. The cumulative effects of these two factors have served to create a profitable business Continue Reading...
This is one of the reasons that the United States Supreme Court has noted the difficulty in distinguishing common crime from the "gray zone of socially acceptable and economically justifiable business conduct.
Prosecutors are not eager to 'overcrim Continue Reading...
Transaction-Related Audit Objectives
Auditing internal controls are processes instituted by companies to assist them accomplish specific goals and objectives (The Institute of Internal Auditors, 2004). In addition, internal controls help in directin Continue Reading...
Ethics and the Military
As globalism becomes more of a reality, and as various developing countries increase the amount of interaction they do with developed countries, many cultural issues arise. Doing business is not the same worldwide, and as cit Continue Reading...
White Collar Crimes
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The paper focuses on specific aspects of white collar crime. The paper primarily focuses on answering two questions directly related to white collar crime. The first question is a comparative analysis focusi Continue Reading...
A logical starting point for analysis however, is the unremarkable yet important espy that cross-listing entities are existing firms or new ventures seeking capital. New companies attracting capital often view cross-listing as a crucial way to incre Continue Reading...
Accounting
Several terms and definitions are valuable to understand financial statements. In the United States, financial statements of public corporations are produced in accordance with the U.S. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles. These prin Continue Reading...
Monitoring Employees
Employee Monitoring Discussion
In the United States, employment law is based on a minimal expectation of privacy (Rosser, 2011). This means the interest of the business takes precedence over the employee's right to privacy. If Continue Reading...
skills that a forensic accountant needs to possess and evaluate the need for each skill.
Over the last several years, the role of forensic accountants has been continually evolving. This is because there have been a number of cases surrounding thei Continue Reading...
Financial Structure of Financial Environment
Financial structure is the mixture of financial instruments, financial markets and other financial institutions operating within the economy. ( Fase & Abma, 2003). Financial structure consists of a co Continue Reading...
In other words, if the financial difficulties they encounter are the fault of the auditing firm, they will have protection from any legal ramifications they may have encountered from faulty accounting or auditing measures. Preventive measures are al Continue Reading...
52). The researcher handles or controls the items differently. It is a form of Pareto analysis where items such as customers, documents, activities, inventory items, sales territories grouped into three categories namely a, B, and C. In order of the Continue Reading...
Security Threats
Explain companies held liable losses sustained a successful attack made accounting information system sources. The paper APA style includes -text citations sources.
Liability for losses in successful attack made on their accounting Continue Reading...
Financial Audit SOW
Financial Audit Statement of Work
The objectives of this work order is for the contractor to express an opinion on the fairness in which the financial statements are fairly presented, in all material aspects, financial position, Continue Reading...
Accounting Information Systems
Decisions of managers heavily rely upon the effective information systems (Srinivas and Gopisetti, 2012). Accounting Information Systems contain confidential data of the company; this information can be accessed by the Continue Reading...
With software and technological oversight, many of the errors experienced by Insight Enterprises could have been avoided. Furthermore, the duration that these errors occurred suggests that proper oversight of accounting was not in the company. With Continue Reading...
This is because auditors have a high amount of expertise in analyzing financial statements, with particular focus on being able to determine when fraud has potentially taken place. The forensic accounting capabilities of auditors are then put to wor Continue Reading...
Organizational Theory #1
Create a code of ethics for an organization of your choice. For each point in the code of ethics, describe an ethical dilemma that would be resolved using the code of ethics.
All employees will conduct business honestly and Continue Reading...
This is why those service providers to other businesses often stress customer results in the core industries they compete in. These customer successes show the depth of expertise in a given area. These success stories make services tangible to custo Continue Reading...
" This clause highlights the business the company is in, at the risk of stating the obvious, but it also highlights the close relationship that the company has with respect to national defense. While a word like "best" often means next to nothing, in Continue Reading...
Stark Law is a legislation that is named after Pete Stark, a United States Congressman who sponsored the initial bill on three different provisions. Generally, this legislation is also known as the physician self-referral law as it emanates from Sect Continue Reading...
Ethics
The employee is faced with ethical requirements throughout their workday that must be met with knowledge and a trained attitude. Workplace ethics is one of the most crucial elements whether the person involved in an ethical dilemma is a high- Continue Reading...
Dell was setting a very rapid pace of new product introductions during the period analyzed by the author and afterwards as well. The focus on just the direct channel and thoughts of disintermediating the indirect channels through their highly succes Continue Reading...
Computer Security
People, process and technology are three things which are involved in information security. Biometrics, passwords and firewalls are some of the technical measures and these are not enough in justifying threats to information. In o Continue Reading...
During a routine investigation, one the actuaries discovers that there are some possible red flags for illegal activity. When they report these issues to their supervisors, they are told to not worry about that. What make this so troubling is audito Continue Reading...
There are several reasons why this model is particularly relevant for outsourcing relationship maturity. First, at the lowest level of the model the focus is on purely reacting, which is exactly what many companies do when they are stressed with co Continue Reading...
Managed a team of 50 people that includes 10 direct reports. Grew Wal-mart drugs portfolio profit by $14 Million (+26%) through driving volume growth and reconfiguration of packaging offerings that drove significant cost savings.
Responsibilities a Continue Reading...
Many other organizations around the world have received benefits from the use of teams in the production and operations management. A clear example is Starbucks. Teamwork is a core value for Starbucks and is one of the key reasons for the company's Continue Reading...
Typically, buyers have the ability to switch their tastes from one soft drink brand to the other.
Barrier to Entry: It is very difficult to enter the industry due to several factors:
First, a new firm will need to implement economic of scale to en Continue Reading...
Corporate Social Responsibility: Bowen and Carroll
Howard R. Bowen was the founder of the concept of corporate social responsibility. In his book "Social Responsibility of the Businessman," Bowen argued that business was a major force that touched t Continue Reading...
Improper Data Analysis Led to the Fall of Enron
The downfall of the Enron Corporation in 2001 had far reaching effects that are still felt to this day. Employees, shareholders, auditors, executives, the public and many other stakeholders are still Continue Reading...
Enterprise Report Management
Best Practices in Enterprise Report Management:
Key Insights for Businesses and Their Information Strategies
Description
Enterprises are faced with the daunting challenges of being increasingly responsive to their cus Continue Reading...
Corporate governance, a concept which has succeeded in attracting a lot of public interest due to its perceived importance for the corporations' and society' economic health in general has been accorded several definitions. Shleifer and Vishny (737) Continue Reading...
Golf Company
The Calloway Golf website states that their aim is pure in that they are "always looking to raise" their game and as well stated is that each day the company searches for "Pure innovation and performance." (2011) The Calloway Golf Comp Continue Reading...
Financial Statement Fraud Report: Rite-Aid
Fraudulent financial reporting can really have unfavorable results on companies, as well as, public confidence in capital markets. This paper will examine the financial statement fraud and will also investi Continue Reading...
Just as Sarbanes-Oxley legislation created significant opportunities for management consultancies, the same holds true for sustainability requirements in European nations.
In conclusion, all management consultancies are attempting to position thems Continue Reading...