Published Article-Sox Institute 12/2008 The Essence of Internal Control A statement on policy and procedures issues as they relate to managements views and /or findings with regard to OMB A-123 audits. Writing position papers on justification of actions taken has raised some questions about control. There seems to be a shift in the mind set of managers now that Section 404 of Sox’s (documentation) has really kicked in with compliance performance of the financial managers responsibility
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Contents 1. Introduction 2 2. Industry Analysis 3 2.1 Industry Background 3 2.2 PEST (EL) analysis 4 2.2.1 Political 4 2.2.2 Economic 5 2.2.3 Social-Cultural 8 2.2.4 Technological 10 2.2.5 Environmental 11 2.2.6 Legal 11 2.3 Summary of the PESTEL analysis 11 3. Porter’s Five Forces on retail banking industry. 12 3.1 Rivalry among Existing Companies 13 3.2 Entry barrier 14 3.3 Supplier power 16 3.4 Buyer power 17 3.5 Availability of Substitute products 19 3.6
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institutions become an inevitable and important part of our lives and people are always focusing on the situation of financial institutions. So the banking industry is the most suitable topic to study. Then‚ we decided to use scenario model to analyze the industry (Showed by diagrams 1). [pic] Diagram 1 After analyzing the situation of the industry‚ we choose ten years because it is the most proper time for our scenarios. The environment can not reach the enough degree to support these
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The fraud at DHB Industries developed directly from collusion of upper-management‚ poor oversight by the board of directors‚ and equity based compensation. Knapp and Knapp (2012) note the constant involvement of Brooks‚ Hatfield‚ and Schlegel in falsifying accounting records and attempting to conceal the fraud. With the ability to override controls within the company which identify such irregularities‚ the involvement of practically all executives allowed for the concealment of the fraud to occur
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Banking Industry Meltdown: The Ethical and Financial Risks of Derivatives Steven Young Strayer University Dr. Mary Tranquillo Business Ethics: Ethical Decision Making and Cases November 29‚ 2012 Determine which moral philosophy (as discussed in chapter 6) is most applicable to an understanding of the banking industry meltdown Moral philosophy in business is hard to classify‚ especially in today’s economic times where there are government bailouts‚ loss of paying jobs‚ home foreclosures
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include natural disaster‚ industries‚ motor vehicles‚ generation sets amongst others. Without pollution control‚ the waste products from extraction‚ production‚ distribution‚ heating‚ agriculture‚ mining‚ manufacturing‚ transportation and other human activities‚ whether they accumulate or disperse‚ will degrade the environment. In the hierarchy of environmental control‚ pollution prevention and minimization of wastes are more desirable to pollution control. Most industries and individuals in this
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Religion as a Tool of Control in Gilead "Religion is the sigh of the oppressed creature‚ the heart of a heartless world‚ and the soul of soulless conditions. It is the opium of the people" (Marx 260). This statement implies that religion is a powerful concept that encourages people to accept their conditions instead of revolting against their plight. Indeed in the wrong hands‚ it can be perverted to justify countless atrocities and so be used as a tool of oppression. In her novel‚ The
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Executive Summary The following report relates to the internal controls of Woolworths‚ and will look to describe and analyse them with the use of flow charts. The report will then move onto give details of an audit program that has been designed to test the internal controls of Woolworth’s accounts payable. Moreover‚ possible ways of how controls could be overridden as well as how the overall system could be realistically improved will also be discussed within the report. Business Introduction
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A system of internal control refers to the process by which organizations maintain environments that encourage incorruptibility and deter fraudulent activities by management and employees. An organization’s components of internal control are evaluated during the planning phase of an independent financial statement audit. The results of the evaluation directly influence the auditor’s level of detailed testing. To reduce detailed testing‚ and perhaps the audit fee‚ organizations implement common features
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Waste Management Fraud Waste Management‚ Inc. today is dedicated to serving our communities by collecting and disposing of garbage and recycling. Over the years they have had to deal with a rise of issues such as environmental and global warming. Waste Management has also tried to reduce its waste collections while turning any valuable resources it can into clean and renewable energy. Waste Management has been around since the late 1800’s‚ and is a holding company that has all its daily operations
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