THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE 1 DELTA PUBLISHING COMPANY P.O. Box 5332‚ Los Alamitos‚ CA 90721-5332 All rights reserved. No part of this course may be reproduced in any form or by any means‚ without permission in writing from the publisher. 2 THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE PROGRAM CONTENTS ACCOUNTING SCANDALS BRING ABOUT NEW GUIDELINES AND LEGISLATION POINTS OF CONTROVERSY RECENT FINANCIAL RESTATEMENTS STOCK OPTIONS
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What is Corporate Governance and why is it necessary? Up to now no specific world-wide common understanding or single definition for “corporate governance” has been established. More generally‚ corporate governance can thus be understood as the totality of all national and international regulations (e.g. Sarbanes-Oxley Act)‚ rules‚ values and principles (e.g. UK’s “Code of best practices”) that apply to businesses and determine how they are steered and monitored. Corporate governance can be complex
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Urban Governance for sustainable development 1 URBAN GOVERNANCE FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT Dr. Alka Bharat‚ Professor‚ Dept. of Architecture & Planning‚ M.A.N.I.T.‚ Bhopal – 462007‚ India. E-mail: alka_bharat@yahoo.com Ms. Chandan Chawla‚ Architect / Urban Planner.E mail: ccassociates@rediffmail.com INTRODUCTION The importance of sustainability in the urban setting cannot be over emphasized‚ as it concerns the very survival of a city. Healthy cities contribute to a healthy nation. Clean
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Critically analyse how clinical governance can ensure accountability of individuals and teams and that nursing practice is safe and of a high standard? As Defined by Scally and Donaldson 1998‚ clinical governance is: “A framework through which NHS organisations are accountable for continuously improving the quality of their services and safeguarding high standards of care by creating an environment in which excellence in clinical care will flourish” (NHS Executive‚ 1998). The aim of the NHS
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The Independent Commission for Good Governance in Public Services‚ chaired by Sir Alan Langlands‚ worked throughout 2004. Through two rounds of consultation‚ the Commission drew on the views of a wide range of people with experience of governance‚ and of service users and citizens‚ to produce the Good Governance Standard for Public Services. The Standard presents six principles of good governance that are common to all public service organisations and are intended to help all those with an
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Introduction 2- Participatory Governance 2-1 Participation 2-2 Cornwall’s Definition of Participation Governance 2-3 Participatory Governance in Fragile Settings 3- The Case Study: Bangladesh 4- Conclusion 5- References Chapter1: Introduction Many developing countries have adopted poverty reduction strategies‚ but the mixed results of conventional poverty reduction strategies are disappointing. Research carried out by Merilee S. Grindle on Good Enough Governance suggests that lack of progress
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What is ICT Governance ICT Governance is the term that describes the general processing and communication of information through technology. In the case of the current study‚ it includes a number of technologies‚ such as mobile technology; email; two-way instant messaging; chat rooms; blogs; personal web pages; online shopping rating systems; download of images‚ audio‚ and video; and video games. ICT governance provides the framework for controlling and managing the use of ICTS in the organization
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what is meant by the term ‘clinical governance’ AND discuss the implications and impact of clinical governance on practicing pharmacists and pharmacy services. Throughout the world‚ societies are striving to determine how best to organise their health systems and deliver services. Increasingly‚ there is recognition that the development and evaluation of new therapies and diagnostic tools is only part of the answer to better health care(1). Clinical governance first began to appear in the NHS vocabulary
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IN THE CONTEXT OF THE PRESENT POLITICAL AND SOCIAL CLIMATE‚ CRITICALLY EXAMINE HOW HEALTH CARE ORGANISATIONS CAN ACCOUNT TO THE PUBLIC FOR THE QUALITY OF CARE DELIVERED INTRODUCTION The concept of Clinical Governance was dated back when the Labour government came into office in the1990s. The Labour government introduced a National Health Service White Paper to support the National Health Service (NHS) programme. In addition‚ an internal market was also introduced to improve the quality of care
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Introduction Marsh & McLennan Companies (MMC) founded in 1871‚ is a global insurance brokerage firm providing advice and solutions in the areas of risk‚ strategy and human capital. It has clients in more than 100 countries and a workforce of more than 60‚000 employees as indicated in MMC 1st quarter results report on April 21 2004. On October 14 2004‚ New York Attorney - General Eliot Spitzer filed civil charges against MMC for alleged misbehaviour in property-casualty insurance coverage
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