public’s interests are maintained and preserved. Being an accounting student‚ I have heard and read about regulation in the accounting industry numerous times. There have been many major accounting scandals in history that have lead to many different kinds of government regulation. The government regulations in accounting are mostly enacted to protect investors. From 2000 to 2002 there was an abundant number of large corporate accounting frauds‚ which led to the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. Previous
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The financial world was rocked by accounting scandals in the late 1990s and early 2000s. Companies such as Enron‚ Global Crossing and Tyco International collapsed under the weight of fraud and destroyed investor confidence in corporate accounting. But the biggest collapse was that of WorldCom. In 1983 Bernie Ebbers and several other people invested in a newly formed company in Clinton‚ Mississippi called Long Distance Discount Services‚ Inc. (LDDS). LDDS was a provider of long distance telephone
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Table of Contents Introduction Accountants’ Liability to the Client and Third-Party A) Breach of Contract B) Ordinary Negligence (Accountant Malpractice) C) Fraud a. Constructive Fraud (Gross Negligence) b. Actual Fraud Accountants’ Liability under Common Law for Third-Party A) The Near-Privity Doctrine B) The Restatement Doctrine C) The Foreseeability Doctrine D) The Balancing-Factors Doctrine Accountants’ Liability under Statutory Law Third-Party A) Securities Act of 1933 B) Securities
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Question 1 At the time Cynthia Cooper discovered the accounting fraud‚ WorldCom did not have a whistle-blower hotline process in place. Instead‚ Cynthia took on significant risks when she stepped over Scott Sullivan’s head and notified the audit committee chairman of her findings. Discuss the key criteria for the operation of an effective corporate whistle-blower hotline. Be sure to highlight potential pitfalls that should be avoided and reference professional codes‚ legislation and academic
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Journal of Finance and Accounting ISSN 2222-1697 (Paper) ISSN 2222-2847 (Online) Vol 3‚ No 9‚ 2012 searchwww.iiste.org The Role‚ Compromise and Problems of the External Auditor in Corporate Governance* James O. Alabede Department of Accounting‚ Federal Polytechnic Bauchi‚ Nigeria‚ E mail: joalabede@yahoo.com Abstract This study reflects on the role‚ compromise and problems of the external auditor in the corporate governance with particular reference to the UK. The external auditor is an independent
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Legislations on White Collar Crime 2010 5/26/2010 Introduction: In 1939 Edwin H. Sutherland (1893–1950)‚ a sociologist of the symbolic interactionist school‚ first used the phrase white-collar criminal in a December 27‚ 1939 speech to the American Sociological Association. In his 1949‚ he defined white-collar crime as "approximately as a crime committed by a person of respectability and high social status in the course of his occupation." Fraud is widespread and growing. One conservative
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FINANCIAL ANALYST: THE EXPERT OF ECONOMIC AND ACCOUNTING Quyen Chu San Highline Community College English 205 Feb 4‚ 2012 CASE STUDY : THE BOOK OPENS THE DOOR Walking around the Phu Tho bookstore in Ho Chi Minh city‚ I decided to look for an interested book to bring along with me to America. Numerous questions came in my mind “What do I need? What is that book about?” Accidently‚ I went to the case containing full of financial and investment books. A purple small book with the phrase
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in some cases to smooth out the earnings of Tyco‚ because it was smaller acquisitions that did not need to be reported. The functioning of the board started out well‚ where all parties enjoyed the loose corporate culture‚ but eventually this structure triggered misconducts in the top management. In the event of trying to pull things back together‚ Kozlowski caused the company more harm. According to Kay‚ (2002)‚ “The American-based conglomerate Tyco International Ltd. is in deep crisis following
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“pervert the American dream." When he arrives back at the office everything is in utter chaos. All the employees‚ including the CFO Frank Bascombe‚ are running around the office shredding and burning documents trying to cover up the apparent corporate scandal that Dick
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THE CENDANT CORPORATION ACCOUNTING SCANDAL BCOM21 TABLE OF CONTENTS ACKNOWLEDGEMENT ………………………………………………………… 2 INTRODUCTION …………………………………………………………………. 3 SUMMARY ……………………………………………………………………….. 4-7 COMPANY PROFILE …………………………………………………………… 8 THE OFFICERS INVOLVE …………………………………………………….. 9-15 DISCUSSION ……………………………………………………………………. 16-20 THE SETTLEMENT The settlement with Cendant ………………………………………… 21-22 The settlement with Ernst & Young ……………………………….. 23 THE BREAKUP ………………………………………………………………… 24 CONCLUSION
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