To: President of LBJ Re: Internal Controls My Recommendation Impact of going public Public companies‚ as the result of the passing of Sarbanes Oxley Act of 2002‚ are necessary to document their controls‚ assess the documented controls and have their external auditors examine their testing of controls and note down a report about the efficiency of controls surrounding financial reporting. As a result‚ there will be supplementary work on designing‚ testing and auditing of controls if you come
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homicide when agents of the company commit criminal acts to benefit the company or its shareholders. However‚ according to Alder et al. (2013)‚ multinational corporate crimes are a widespread and daily problem‚ so politicians have taken the opportunity to implement tougher provision and punishment to protect the public and their workers from corporate crimes through the Sarbanes-Oxley Act in 2002 and the Dodd-Frank Act of 2010. The focuses of these Acts are to protect consumers and improve accountability
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Sarbanes Oxley Act LAW/421 January 31‚ 2014 Cornelius Perry In the United States‚ there are many businesses that are going through tough times in this economy‚ and some of the “little” or smaller ones are slowly having to close their doors for business over changes to certain laws over the recent decade. They are having to deal with big fines and account for audits on the very businesses they own and manage. One of the biggest new things or changes is that every business has to go through
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Sarbanes Oxley Act of 2002 The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 is a United States federal law enacted on 30th July 2002‚ also known as the Public Company Accounting Reform and Investor Protection Act of 2002 and commonly called SOX or Sarbox. This law was passed in response to a number of major corporate and accounting scandals including those affecting Enron‚ Tyco International‚ Adelphia‚ Peregrine Systems and WorldCom. These scandals‚ which cost investors billions of dollars when the share prices
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Small and Large Firms Regulatory Costs: The Case of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act By James A. Millar and B. Wade Bowen The article first begins with an introduction of how and why the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (SOX) came about as a result of large scandals such as Enron and Tyco. Many companies believed that the costs of these new regulations exceeded the benefits‚ which is found prevalent with the addition of section 404 which required an auditor’s opinion on annual financial reports. In particular
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This paperwork of BUS 591 Week 5 Assignment includes: Pros and Cons of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act Deadline: ( )‚ General Questions - General General Questions Complete the Problem 1-3B on page 37‚ 1-4B on page 37 (Chapter 1) and Problem 2-7B on page 89 (Chapter 2) of your text. Please show your work. Don’t try to do everything in one semester. It’s easy to be an overachiever when there’s so much to do and everything’s new. You will burn out quickly if you try to take the maximum
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1) Which of the following is a distinguishing feature of a common law legal system? D. The making of law by the judges and the following of precedent 2) Which best describes the types of agency authority held by officers of a corporation? D. Express‚ implied‚ and apparent authority 3) If an LLC fails to follow formalities such as keeping minutes of meetings‚ which of the following is true? C. This failure will not result in imposing personal liability on any member
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designed to ensure reliable reporting‚ effective and efficient operations‚ and compliance with laws and regulations” (Edwards‚ 1994). Additionally‚ to attract prospective investors‚ LBJ Company must follow the guidelines identified by the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. The act states companies that wish to be publicly traded maintain a system of internal controls (Kimmel‚ 2011‚ p.337). The first internal control should be implemented within the human resources department which is the human resources control
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and his team will then act on these concerns or suggestions so that all will be on the same page. The following ideas were presented concerns; Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOA) compliance‚ clarity of vague strategies presented by the board of directors] ‚ negative publicity throughout the industry affecting company growth‚ the ability to meet the goals set forth for new products as well as employee support (University of Phoenix‚ Gene One Scenario‚ 2010). The Sarbanes–Oxley Act is legislation that
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2002‚ Congress passed the Sarbanes-Oxley Act‚ known in the industry as SOX‚ as a measure to improve transparency in financial accounting and to prevent fraud. SOX consists of 11 chapters‚ or titles‚ which establish wideranging new regulations for auditors‚ CEOs and CFOs‚ boards of directors‚ investment analysts‚ and investment banks. These regulations are designed to ensure that (a) companies that perform audits are sufficiently independent of the companies that they audit‚ (b) a key executive in
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