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Negative Aspects of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act

not been given any authority greater than that which resides in with the Security and Exchanges Commission (SEC), which can cause ...

Research Results: Have Attitudes Towards Whistle Blowing Change since Enron?

The writer analyses survey results provided by the student. The survey was undertaken to determine whether or not attitudes toward...

Fraud - The Legal and Ethical Dimensions

fraud when accounting (Miller & Bahnson, 2005). In addition to the GAAP standards, some businesses, especially those outside the U...

Employee Fraud Worker's Compensation

This paper discuses different issues. What kind of fraud is being committed at a hotel. What kinds of fraudulent activities to sus...

Applications of Corporate Governance Issues to McBride Financial Services

in an accounting system that made many of the concealments that took place legal, or at least borderline, and the attitudes of tho...

Investment Questions; Regulation, Bonds and Risk

In the financial markets are regulated by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The principal purpose of the SEC is to "pr...

Planning at WorldCom

this had to be seen as objective, to ensure this was the case WorldCom hired an independent law firm; Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP ...

Fraudulent Accounting Procedures at WorldCom and Enron

as CEO and Chairman on February 4, 2002; Jeffrey K. Skilling, former CEO and Director; Andrew S. Fastow, former chief financial of...

Accounting Questions

rules and audits the accounts. When looking at the failure of Enron it is these accounting standards that appear to fail. In looki...

Accounting and Corporate Effects of Business Failures

in accountants and the way accounts were prepared was being shaken. The entire financial basis of the stock markets requires tha...

Rise of Modern Art

(Modern Art Movements, 2008). Impressionist painters, such as Manet, Claude Monet and Edgar Degas, preferred to paint outside, w...

Standards Based Learning For Students With Disabilities And Individualized Educational Programs (IEP)

Focusing upon student-need specific and content-specific elements of standards-based learning, one approach in particular has prov...

Should the ICAO Charter Articles 39 and 39 be Revised?

used, the aim was for a difference, but in todays industry with the high level of development it is quite possible for there to be...

Industry Implications of the Merger Between Sprint and MCI WorldCom

it to become final, the outlook for the industry in the new century is that for the first ten years, it "will probably be dominate...

Post Enron and WorldCom and Investor Confidence Strengthening

The companys auditor employed by Andersen allowed the misrepresentations to go uncorrected. Hamilton and Leeds charged: "Andersen ...

The National Railroad Passenger Corporation

The Inspector General for the National Railroad Passenger Corporation is a separate and independent organization. Its purpose is t...

Fraud in the Court

Inspector generals investigate and audit departments or agencies to detect and prevent fraud, waste, abuse, and corruption. This p...

The Master's Prepared Nurse: Competencies in Health Care

"benefits and burdens of... treatment", helping patients to "understand their prognosis", and emphasizing the importance of patien...

Evaluation Forms and the Assessment of Competencies

is the best way to evaluate competencies and to provide necessary feedback to supervisors and staff. Supervisor Competencies Eval...

AUDIT COMMITTEES, DUE DILIGENCE AND DUE CARE

enough overview and study of a situation to ensure its operating correctly. Due diligence is typically conducted before a major pu...

The Bankruptcy of Enron and Auditing

between Enrons accounting statements and the fiscal reality of the institutions assets and obligations. One might view the major f...

Organizational Audit Planning

and can not arbitrarily accept any offer they receive from an organization. Instead, auditors must conduct careful analyses in ord...

Testing Inventory and Cash Process in an Audit

a secure location, but observations may indicate this is not always the case. In addition to this observation, such as the scannin...

The Organizational Structure of the Accountancy Firm

is focused on those who have the knowledge as well as the ability to bring in and retain clients. Internally there is a rather com...

ORGANIZATIONAL COMMUNICATIONS -- ANALYSIS

plan then does a formal communications program. Finally, a communications assessment isnt just a one-time scenario. Rather...

MEMO FOR SAS 112 - TO AUDITORS

take responsibility for their own mistakes and potential misstatements. Its understood here that not every company is an Enron or ...

Financial Questions - the Four Accounting Statements and Use of Accounting Information

company in terms of the level of equity belonging to the shareholders (Elliott and Elliott, 2008). The statement of retained ear...

Auditor Ethics in the Case of ZZZZ Best

auditor can avoid temptations and the possibility of litigation. In the case of Ernst and Whinney, it is said that ZZZZ Best repre...

Auditing Inventory and Accounts Payable

The writer discusses the potential ways that auditor may prepare and undertake auditing procedures for a supermarket. The approach...

Revenue in Ottawa City Accounts 2005 - 2009

originating. We have a net tax revenue on the revenue statement of 1,286,044, however the taxation received is actually greater th...