Sarbanes-Oxley Act ACC/290 President George W. Bush signed the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX) into law on July 30‚ 2002 following the Enron and WorldCom accounting scandals. The name of the act comes from the names of its creators: Senator Paul Sarbanes (D-Maryland) and Congressman Michael Oxley (R-Ohio). The Sarbanes-Oxley Act was created to restore the public confidence in both public accounting and publicly traded securities‚ and to assure ethical business practices through heightened levels
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Well the USA Patriot Act was signed into law during the Bush administration. That’s George W. Bush Sr. that I’m talking about. According to the author of A Gift of Fire‚ Sara Baase‚ the USA Patriot Act “(passed after the terrorist attacks in 2001) eased government access to many kinds of personal information‚ including library and financial records‚ without a court order.” An internet search will tell you that the USA Patriot Act is “An Act: To deter and punish terrorist acts in the United States
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P3 Children Act 1998 The Children Act 1998 aims to protect children who are suffering or likely to suffer significant harms. The act has reformed the law relating to children over the last century 1989‚ and did not come into force until 1991. The act states that the child’s welfare is paramount and that the concept of parental responsibility replaces that of parental rights. The act also promises to safeguard the child and make certain services available for children who are cared for by their
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The Children Act of 1989‚ ensured that all parents‚ local authorities‚ courts‚ and other agencies possibly connected to a child had the duty to safeguard all children within their care‚ and guarantee that their welfare is of the utmost importance. It highlighted the importance of “parental responsibility” and the courts “Duty to Investigate Incidences‚” where they feel that there is reason to believe that the child is‚ or has been suffering significant harm‚ or that their welfare has been hindered
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SOX: The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 was signed into federal law in July 2002. It is commonly knows as SOX and was a result of the majoring accounting and corporate scandals‚ including Enron and WorldCom. Essentially‚ this act puts new and tighter accounting restrictions and standards on public firms and their accounting practices. SOX also established the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board which oversees and regulates accounting firms. In summary‚ this act further regulates the public
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Let’s look at a few cons of the Patriot Act. "Under the Patriot Act‚ law enforcement officials may have broad access to any record — academic‚ library‚ financial and medical — without probable cause of a crime. The Patriot Act prohibits the holder of such information‚ like university librarians‚ from disclosing that they have produced such records‚ under the threat of imprisonment. A University of Illinois survey of U.S. public libraries found that at least 545 libraries have been asked
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"Taking" Endangered Species Act of 1973 (ESA)‚ 16 U.S.C. § 1532(19) (2006). - "The term ’take’ means to harass‚ harm‚ pursue‚ hunt‚ shoot‚ wound‚ kill‚ trap‚ capture‚ or collect‚ or to attempt to engage in any such conduct." § 1538 (a)(1)(B) - "it is unlawful for any person subject to the jurisdiction of the United States to . . . . take any such species within the United States or the territorial sea of the United State." "Knowingly" United States v. McKittrick‚ 142 F.3d 1170‚ 1177 (9th Cir
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in America called “The Clean Water Act”. In this paper‚ I will focus on the act and figure out what it is. I will also show how the US government protects clean water‚ what kinds of policies they have regarding the Clean Water Act‚ how the executive branch enforces these polices and how we can participate in that. If we want to know more information about the quality of water in the US‚ we have to figure out what the Clean Water Act is first. Clean Water Act is the principal law governing pollution
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Indian Removal Act: Research Simulation Paper The Native Americans had lived in America for generations. They were already here when the colonists came from Britain. Colonists survived because of the Native Americans’ help. When the colonists fought the Revolutionary War‚ some of the Native Americans allied with the British‚ but some fought on the colonists’ sides. Britain armed some Native American tribes to fight against us in the War of 1812‚ but some stayed with us the whole time. Settlers wanted
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Samuel Adams: An American View of the Stamp Act Samuel Adams writes a letter to his English friend‚ John Smith‚ defending the American’s side of the new imperial taxation and control. He describes the colonists thinking of the act as “both burdensome and unconstitutional.” They feel as if they are not represented as they should be and that their rights as Englishmen are being taken away from them. He goes on to say that Parliament cannot tax them consistent with the constitution because they
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