BENEFITS OF SARBANES-OXLEY AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE MEASURED AGAINST THE COSTS Salim Motala A research project submitted to the Gordon Institute of Business Science‚ University of Pretoria‚ in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Business Administration. 14 November 2007 ABSTRACT The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (SOX) is the only legislated corporate governance structure‚ and is aimed at increasing investor confidence in public companies by forcing them to be transparent
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For my project I have chosen a Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC) an international automobile manufacturer. In addition‚ Toyota provides retail and wholesale financing‚ retail leasing and certain other financial services primarily to its dealers and their customers related to vehicles manufactured by Toyota. The major portions of Toyota ’s operations on a worldwide basis are derived from the Automotive and Financial Services business segments. The Company also has an All Other segment‚ which includes
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Title: Corporate Governance and the 2012 Failure of the Hastie Group (ASX) Assignment Topic: An outline of‚ and brief discussion of the importance of‚ the bases or criteria for the review of the organisation’s governance (eg‚ refer to which standards or guiding principles are relevant for the review) and why you need to use them. A brief critical review of the relevance of concepts‚ principles‚ standards or other tools and techniques learnt during this subject‚ in conducting your review A list
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Honda Motor Company‚ Ltd. is a Japanese multinational corporation primarily known as a manufacturer of automobiles and motorcycles. Honda has been the world ’s largest motorcycle manufacturer since 1959‚[3][4] as well as the world ’s largest manufacturer of internal combustion engines measured by volume‚ producing more than 14 million internal combustion engines each year.[5] Honda surpassed Nissan in 2001 to become the second-largest Japanese automobile manufacturer.[6][7] As of August 2008[update]
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IMPACT OF INFORMATION TEHNOLOGY ON CORPORATE GOVERNANCE AND FINANCIAL REPORTING 1.0 INTRODUCTION The introduction of the computer and advent of the Internet has changed the way we live in the modern world. This spans across every aspect of human life. Modern innovations have led to the description of the age in which we live as “the Information age”. Information technology and management therefore plays a vital role to the extent that timely access to Information could save a life while improper
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Establishing a Company PMO‚ PPM & Governance Structure Introduction A project management culture is important in today’s competitive environment. If the company is to thrive and meet future financial targets‚ project management principles and practices must be a part of our business management model. Every employee must understand how critical this undertaking is. Below are examples (Gary‚ Larson‚ 2008) of business environment drivers that are moving the company to create this extremely
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subsequently revealed however that he had withdrawn millions of pound of the pension funds in his own company to stabilize his company‚ Mirror Group’s shares. This was all done without prior authorisation and it took the efforts of Shearson Lehman‚ Goldman Sachs and the British government to replenish the funds but only partly. Pensions World (Oct 2011). Seven years later‚ it was the turn of one of the companies who helped clean up Maxwell’s mess. Lehman Brothers filed for bankruptcy and emergent details
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A Comparison of Corporate Governance Systems in Four Countries Jüergen Schneider Ernst & Young Deutsche Allgemeine Treuhand AG Siu Y. Chan Hong Kong Baptist University A Comparison of Corporate Governance Systems in Four Countries Jüergen Schneider Ernst & Young Deutsche Allgemeine Treuhand AG‚ Heilbronn branch‚ Germany and Siu Y. Chan* Hong Kong Baptist University‚ Hong Kong * Address of Correspondence: Dr. Siu Y. Chan‚ Department of Accountancy and Law‚ Hong Kong Baptist University
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MacPherson v. Buick Motor Company This case overviews MacPherson who bought a Buick who had a faulty wheel that collapsed‚ causing an accident that injured MacPherson. Buick had not manufactured the wheels but had contracted a manufacturer to make wheels for them. MacPhereson sued Buick for the accident. The lower and higher courts agreed that Buick was responsible for the defect. While it had not manufactured the wheels themselves‚ Buick was responsible for the final product that made it to
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------------------------------------------------- Table of Content I. List of Table 1 II. List of Figures 1 III. List of Appendixes 3 IV. Abstract 4 V. Chapter 1 - Introduction 5 A. Corporate Governance 5 B. Problem Statement 6 C. Research Objectives 7 D. Research Questions 7 E. Significant of Study 7 VI. Chapter 2 – Literature Review 8 A. Board of Director 8 a. Board Size and Audit Fees 8 b. Board Meeting and Audit Fees 9 c. Role of Duality and Audit
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