Article Review-Part A Lora Carr LAW/421 July 29‚ 2013 Joseph Sette Article Review-Part A The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 was put in to place as a way of preventing and deterring future accounting fraud‚ protecting shareholders‚ and increasing confidence in public company financial reporting. However‚ SOX has imposed tremendous new duties and costs on public companies and accounting firms. Some individuals may call it an object failure while SOX hoped to create more confidence in capital
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Discussion Questions One LaShanda Prejean LAW 421 Peter Derouen March 5‚ 2013 Discussion Questions One 1. To what extent does succession planning—such as for wills‚ estates‚ and trusts—affect business? How might these legal topics interact with your current or past job or industry? Every company succession plan carries the three bases that are will‚ trust and estate. The will‚ trust and estate provided a financial security and help plan the future. The purpose
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The Gap is a clothing company that specializes in contemporary‚ urban clothing with a mid-range pricing scheme. They have stores located all over the globe in countries such as the United States‚ Canada‚ France‚ Germany‚ Japan and the United Kingdom. Gap was founded in 1969 by a real estate developer who was in search of a well-organized and well-stocked jeans store. The store was named after "the generation gap" and originally sold Levis jeans. In 1974‚ they developed their own private clothing
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DATE: October 7‚ 2012 TO: Mauri Hawkins FROM: Michael Mall RE: The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act ARTICLE SYNOPSIS In your own words‚ summarize the article. The article states that Wal-Mart is charged with bribery‚ conspiracy‚ and attempting to conceal a crime. As early as 2005‚ the stateside operation of Wal-Mart had been receiving reports that executives in their Mexican division were offering and receiving bribes. The fact that bribes are hidden and undisclosed is a direct
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Function and Role of Law in Business and Society LAW 421 Function and Role of Law in Business and Society Our system of societal life could not exist without a set of rules that govern human behavior or business interactions. Black’s Law Dictionary defines these rules‚ called “law‚” as “the body of rules of action or conduct prescribed by controlling authority‚ and having legal binding force” (Melvin‚ p. 4‚ 2011). The most important aspects of law is that it creates duties‚ obligations‚ and
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There are many different versions of Windows operating systems and software. Each has a different ability or use as the technology for each was increased and or changed over time as each was used. Some of the major versions of Windows include: Windows Server 2003‚ Windows Server 2008‚ Windows 200‚ Windows XP‚ Windows Vista‚ and Windows 7. These versions all have some similarities as well as differences that make them separate from each other. The following paragraphs will lists some of the comparisons
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The Role of Law LAW/421 August 6‚ 2012 Michael S. Green The Role of Law Laws are “the body of rules or principles‚ prescribed by authority or established by custom‚ that a state‚ community‚ society‚ or other group recognizes as binding on its members” (Ferguson Publishing‚ 1999‚ p. 105). The purposes of laws are to maintain peace and order‚ to define the rights of citizens‚ to secure justice‚ to harmonize conflicting interests‚ and to provide means for punishing wrongdoers. Laws are applied
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Differences of Law There are several distinctions of law in business and society designed to protect humanity. Not properly exposed to law we may not know hot to distinguish them. To understand the differences we will be discussing the meaning between criminal‚ civil‚ common‚ and statutory laws while also providing an example. Last we will also cover what the United States Constitutional provisions most affect the rights of businesses and organizations. Criminal Law Criminal law according to
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veryone should now have a copy of the final exam posted to their individual forum along with instructions for taking the exam. Please let me know if you do not see it. It is not timed so please us it as a learning experience. All of the questions were taken directly from the text. veryone should now have a copy of the final exam posted to their individual forum along with instructions for taking the exam. Please let me know if you do not see it. It is not timed so please us it as a
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Week 3 Individual Assignment John Herget Law/421 December 11‚ 2012 Mr. Hedeicke Abstract The following paper will examine an article detailing the definition intellectual property. Additionally‚ it will make example of the laws that govern and protect the creation and use of intellectual property. Week 3 Individual Assignment A large business has been made through sales of creations of the mind. These include inventions‚ artistic works‚ manuscripts‚ images‚ designs
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