Legality and Ethicality of Corporate Governance The United Thermostatic Controls Company is a publicly owned company that manufactures and markets residential and commercial thermostats. As a publicly owned corporation‚ United Thermostatic Controls mutual stocks be listed and traded on the New York Stock Exchange. Frank Campbell is the director of the Southern sales division; however the Southern sales regional economics getting worse‚ the pressure to achieve sales revenue targets has created
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Legality and Ethicality of Corporate Governance Robert J. Thompson ETH/376 July 8‚ 2013 Tammie Holland Legality and Ethicality of Corporate Governance Case 3-3 at the end of Chapter Three of Ethical Obligations and Decision Making in Accounting provides an example of how legal and ethical issues affect corporate governance. Examining the legality‚ Sarbanes-Oxley Act‚ and ethicality of the activities of this case will ensure the activities of United Thermostatic Controls are equitable
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This document contains ETH 376 Week 4 Individual Assignment Legality and Ethicality of Corporate Governance General Questions - General General Questions Resource: Case 3-3‚ United Thermostatic Controls in Ch. 3 of Ethical Obligations and Decision Making in Accounting Determine the legality of the activities based on federal‚ state‚ and local laws. Determine the criteria by which Sarbanes-Oxley would apply to this case. Determine the ethicality of the activities. Consider
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Legality and Ethicality of Financial Reporting Clairice Sikoski ETH-376 December 10‚ 2012 Samuel Hinton Legality and Ethicality of Financial Reporting Excello Telecommunications is looking to record revenue before the earning process has been completed or before the unconditional exchange has occurred. Terry Reed‚ the CFO is trying to influence the accounting department to look for options to record the sale of 1.2 million in equipment by December 31 to boost earnings on financial statements
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The Excello Telecommunication has been a very successful business until shortly there were some issues with the competition within the companies industry. The CFO of the Excello Telecommunication is Terry Reed‚ who has realized that the business will be short on the earnings this year. With this going on will cause problems with the financial responsibility toward the stakeholders. Mr. Reed located a transaction within the business that will work for the businesses financial responsibility‚ but with
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Legality and Ethicality of Financial Reporting Accounting professionals consider standard practices of accounting and board of accountancy rules when creating ethical standards. Accountants also consider state and federal laws. Ethics and the law works hand-in-hand therefore should be on the minds of those considering the commission of fraud. The Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of Excello‚ Terry Reed‚ was considering doing such by posting a $2.1 million transaction to raise year-end earnings.
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United Thermostatic Controls ETH 376 June 25‚ 2012 Susan Paris United Thermostatic Controls This paper will show the legality of the activities that happened within United Thermostatic Controls based on federal‚ state‚ and local laws. As this case is examined the Sarbanes-Oxley act will be discussed as it played a role in this case because United is a publicly owned company. Also this paper will show the ethicality‚ if the activities were equitable to internal and external stakeholders
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thriving in a multi-million dollar business they were forced to close their doors. The reason were practices unethical and fraudulent activities which lead to exposing the business. WorldCom was one of the largest accounting fraud scandals in corporate history. WorldCom had to file for bankruptcy after the organization admitted to accounting fraud. How this came up was a long and drawn out investigation. In the financial statements determined that the auditor was right about that the corporation
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Interests in corporate governance‚ specifically in business accountability‚ emerged in 2001-2002 in response to the financial collapses that large companies faced such as Enron in the United States‚ Parmalat in Italy‚ Ahold in Netherlands etc... . Governments and agencies‚ tried to prevent these scandals by issuing laws and regulations such as the Sarbanes–Oxley Act of 2002‚ United States federal law‚ however‚ shortly the interests in good corporate governance was renewed and emphasized after the
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THE RECALCITRANT DIRECTOR AT BYTE‚ INC.: CORPORATE LEGALITY VS. CORPORATE RESPONSIBILITY BACKGROUND OF THE CASE (INTRODUCTION) Byte products have three existing plants operating at full capacity (24 hours a day & 7 days a week). The new plant proposed to be built in the South Western US will require 3 years before it is fully on line. This means that byte cannot meet the anticipated demand for its products. Alternative courses have been exploded- 1.) Licensed byte products and technology
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