I. Background on SOX The Securities and Exchange Commission was created in 1934 to police the U.S. financial markets. The pioneers of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 saw a close connection between protecting investors and maintaining a healthy economy. In the past years‚ the SEC did not provide the regulation and control that might have prevented the worst results of the first decade of the twenty-first century. Its failures were of two kinds. First‚ succumbing to the deregulatory environment
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Abstract . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Chapter 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Chapter 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Eleven Titles of SOX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 1. PCAOB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 2. Auditor Independence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 3. Corporate Responsibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 4. Enhanced Financial Disclosures . . .
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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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Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX) Summary ACC/291 10 June 2013 Judith Bines Introduction The Sarbanes-Oxley Act‚ also known as SOX‚ is a federal law that requires publicly traded companies to individually certify the accuracy of their financial information. The law was enacted as a reaction to corporate accounting scandals that caused investors
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Oxley Act of 2002 Daniel Alvalle BUS 670 Legal Environment Instructor: Peter McCann 7/29/2013 If you were an investor would you want your money protected? Would you be skeptical about investing in companies since the securities fraud scandals that have happened recently? The answer is most likely‚ “yes”‚ to a certain degree. With the news about unethical business practices and companies not following regulatory guidelines‚ it is difficult to ignore the risk that is involved with trusting
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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 Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 Name Tutor Institution Course Date Introduction The numerous scandals that involved corporate and investors in the year 2002 such as Enron‚ WorldCom and Tyco came as shock to many investors in the United States. Many investors lost their money to fraudulent activities by accountability corporate making them loose confidence in financial statements provided. Such loses created concern within the government prompting them to overhaul all the
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Running head: Nonprofits and SOX Heather Tanenbaum Student ID: 3750548620 Accounting Capstone: Senior Seminar in Accounting ACC499 004016 Summer 2009 Nonprofits and the Sarbanes Oxley Act Submitted: Submitted to: Tee M. Thein Table of Contents Abstract Introduction SOX regulations for nonprofits Reasons for nonprofits to adopt SOX Conclusion Research file memorandum Communication memorandum References Abstract Introduction
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Chicago White Sox were playing the Cincinnati Reds in the 1919 Major League Baseball World Series. While the Reds finished eight games above Chicago‚ the “Sox” were still heavy favorites because of their solid pitching rotation‚ gold-glove infield‚ and power hitting outfield led by Joe Jackson. Yet when pre-game betting odds quickly switched from Chicago to Cincinnati‚ many cynics‚ including future commissioner‚ Kenesaw Mountain Landis‚ immediately grew wary. When the Reds blew out the Sox ace Cicotte
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SCANDALS IN 2000S Named scandals Named scandals in India Scandal Year reported Scope Location Key players Summary 2012 Indian coal mining controversy 2012 185‚591.34 crore (US$33.78 billion) nation Comptroller and Auditor General of India‚ the coal ministry‚ many electricity boards and private companies coal blocks allotted‚ not auctioned‚ leading to estimated losses as per the Comptroller and Auditor General of India [1][2][3] Karnataka Wakf Board Land Scam 2012 200‚000 crore
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