SOX versus the Brooke Corporation April Mallari Accounting/291 February 2‚ 2012 Joseph Ori * The purpose of this article analysis is to identify situations that may lead to unethical practices and behavior in accounting. Brooke Corporation and founder Robert Orr are an example of how Sarbanes Oxley (SOX) laws have not been as effective as most want to believe as based on the article‚ “Eight Years after the Fact is SOX working? A Look at the Brooke Corporation” by Beth Hazels. Brooke Corporation
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DOT audit. They’re nerve-wracking events‚ especially when you’re unprepared‚ but it doesn’t have to be that way. Trucking firms that hire DOT compliance companies are actually relaxed about audits. Why? Because they know that they have a reliable‚ experienced partner in their corner‚ that everything is documented properly‚ and that they’re in full compliance. Reliable‚ Experienced Partner There are a plethora of rules and regulations that a trucking company has to comply with in order to avoid fines
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Ethics and Compliance Paper Matt Itter‚ Sarah Gustafson‚ Shane Bumgardner‚ Tanya Baker‚ Adam Caldwell Fin 370 August 6‚ 2012 Christopher Hernandez Ethics and Compliance Paper Team B has chosen to analyze the annual filings for Lowe’s Companies Inc. In this paper we will go over the last two years of SEC filings for this company and we will analyze the information provided by those reports. Team B will look at the role of ethics and compliance in the company’s financial environment‚ we will
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Ethics and Compliance FIN/370 Ethics and Compliance Paper Microsoft is a company that was founder by a man named Bill Gates. Bill Gates and a childhood friend Paul Allen “planned to develop software for the newly emerging personal computer market ("About.com"‚ 2012).” This was an idea that was created by two people who forever changed the way the world uses technology in computer systems and some electronic devices around the world. Microsoft is a company that has had
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Ethics and Compliance Fabian Marrero‚ Kevin Martinez FIN/370 March 9‚ 2013 Norberto Molina Perez Ethics and Compliance In this paper we will as a team: Assess the role of ethics and compliance in your organization’s financial environment. Describe procedures your organization has in place to ensure ethical behavior. Explain how financial markets work in the United States. Identify processes the organization uses to comply with SEC regulations. Evaluate your organization’s financial performance
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Errors and Compliance in Coding Lisa rosier HCR/220 August 20‚ 2010 Linda Murray Errors and Compliance in Coding Billing and coding is very important in medical facilities‚ not only to the facility but also the patients and their insurance carriers. Sometimes‚ mistakes are made during this process that can cause delay in payment or denial of a claim. One mistake made in coding is assumption coding.
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TITLE II—AUDITOR INDEPENDENCE SEC. 201. SERVICES OUTSIDE THE SCOPE OF PRACTICE OF AUDITORS. (a) PROHIBITED ACTIVITIES.—Section 10A of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78j–1) is amended by adding at the end the following: ‘‘(g) PROHIBITED ACTIVITIES.—Except as provided in subsection (h)‚ it shall be unlawful for a registered public accounting firm (and any associated person of that firm‚ to the extent determined appropriate by the Commission) that performs for any issuer any
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CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1. Background of the study Before the introduction of formal taxes the chiefs of the Gold Coast had their own system of taxing the people. For instance in GA it was called “too” Ashanti there were taxes like “assaseto” it was to raise revenue through direct tax so during the assembly of chiefs summoned at Cape Coast in 19th April 1852‚ the Governor Major Hill passed a Poll Tax Ordinance. The poll tax ordinance imposed tax of one shilling per head on each man‚ woman
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The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (SOX) is the interjection of the Federal government will into organizational governance since businesses failed to enforce proper control processes throughout their organizations; process such as ERM (enterprise risk management)‚ which is designed to identify and manage risks that may result in failure to achieve objectives (Gelinas‚ Dull‚ & Wheeler‚ 2016). The paper did not really present an Article Critique but I chose to reply because I wanted to research on the
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and regulations on brokering business should be properly implemented to avoid unnecessary issues. Since the progression of services performed by custom brokers‚ it is evident that a guideline should be provided. Furthermore‚ as the liberalization of trading business continues to grow‚ it is important that the quality of service performed continues to develop too. The study aims to assess compliance issues and brokering procedures of Seair Cargo Transport Services‚ granting the company to evaluate
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