Challenges AbdulFattah AbdulGaniyy Department of Accountancy‚ The Federal Polytechnic‚ Kaura Namoda‚ Nigeria. * E-mail of the corresponding author:abuaishah1425@yahoo.com Abstract This paper discusses the history of audit and its development particularly Enron and Worldcom scandals as some of the audit failures that increased the challenges of auditing firms to remain unbiased and independent of their clients. Secondary data was used to review the existing literature on the subject. Descriptive method was
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The possibility of non-verbal communication — A discussion on the Expectancy Violations Theory of Judee Burgoon Introduction In addition to verbal communication‚ the use of non-verbal communication in daily life is actually frequently. Birdwhistell (1970) found that 63% of human communication are non-verbal interaction.[1] Sometimes‚ non-verbal communication is more powerful and more influential than verbal communication. This paper aims to through the Expectancy Violations Theory (EVT)
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Kevin Ong Research 1. In the article “Is the Sarbanes-Oxley Act Working?” the author Stephen D. Willits and Curtis Nicholls talks about the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 that helps protect firms from fraud after Enron and other accounting scandals. The article touches on the objectives of SOX‚ the criticisms of SOX companies had after the law was passed‚ the impact it has on firms and auditors‚ the detriments of the SOX ‚ the evidence‚ analysis‚ and the further study of the act. The author of the
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e Unit One Alternative Seminar Assignment Carsondra Deanea Grimes MT 217 Finance Professor Sandy McDonald Kaplan University Date: 10/30/12 There are three main aspect of finance of business organizations as described below. The first of the three are investments which is the area of finance in which focuses on interest rates and mortgages and returns and falls on investment activities. This area is critical for a successful business as its
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familiar with the client’s company‚ its operation in business‚ its accounting system‚ and all aspects of the affairs related to financial scope. Thus‚ the auditor is a qualified and experienced individual who comes to the auditee as an independent objective outsider‚ divorced from the day-to-day running of the entity. These factors place the auditor in an ideal position to observe where improvements can be made. The auditor is able to advise the auditee on matters such as strengthening internal control;
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corporate financial scandals involving Enron‚ WorldCom‚ Global Crossing and Arthur Andersen. Provisions of the Sarbanes Oxley Act (SOX) detail criminal and civil penalties for noncompliance‚ certification of internal auditing‚ and increased financial disclosure. It affects public U.S. companies and non-U.S. companies with a U.S. presence. SOX is all about corporate governance and financial disclosure. High-profile business failures culminating in a media fixation on Enron called into question the effectiveness
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Background of the company Parmalat Finanziaria SpA‚ an Italian food giant started out as a family business specializing in dairy products. It was founded in 1961 by 22 year old Calisto Tanzi‚ who discontinued his studies to expand his father’s sausage and cheese shop. It began as a small pasteurization plant in Parma and further expanded into cheese‚ yoghurt‚ cookies‚ fruit juice and ready-made sauce production that are under different names in each country. They were the ones to produce the world’s
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management of shareholders ’ investments in the company. This means that the business is using the money and trust of their clients to make returns on their investments. If the executives mismanage those funds‚ potentially causing a collapse like the Enron scandal‚ the shareholders lose everything they have. However‚ with false accounting reporting‚ it was easier for these executives to avoid prosecution. The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2008 mandates that businesses operate and report ethically‚ with full-transparency
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Strategy as Simple Rules by Kathleen M. Eisenhardt and Donald N. Sull Reprint r0101g When the business landscape was simple‚ companies could afford to have complex strategies. But now that business is so complex‚ they need to simplify. Smart companies have done just that with a new approach: a few straightforward‚ hard-and-fast rules that define direction without confining it. as Simple Rules ILLUSTRATION BY MIN JAE HONG S by Kathleen M. Eisenhardt and Donald N. Sull ince its founding
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Albert John Dunlap (born July 26‚ 1937) is a retired corporate executive. He was best known as a turnaround specialist and downsizer. The ruthless methods he employed to streamline ailing companies‚ most notably Scott Paper‚ won him the nicknames "Chainsaw Al" and "Rambo in Pinstripes". However‚ his reputation was ruined after he engineered a massive accounting scandal at Sunbeam-Oster. Dunlap believed that the primary goal of any business should be to make money for its shareholders. To that end
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