Introduction Authored in the wake of the Enron and WorldCom scandal, The Sarbanes-Oxley Act was enacted in 2002, to keep public entities from committing fraudulent financial practices. The name Sarbanes-Oxley derives from former Senator Paul Sarbanes and former Representative Michael Oxley. “The Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX) was signed into law by President Bush on July 30, 2002, and created a new private sector, nonprofit corporation-the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB)-to oversee
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technology for good Ericsson Sustainability and Corporate Responsibility Report 2014 about ericsson Ericsson is a driving force behind the Networked Society – a world leader in communications technology and services. The Company’s long-term relationships with every major telecom operator in the world allow people, businesses and societies to fulfill their potential and create a more sustainable future. Ericsson’s services, software and infrastructure – especially in mobility, broadband
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Indian Depository Receipt means any instrument in the form of a depository receipt created by Domestic Depository in India against the underlying equity shares of issuing company. “Domestic Depository” means custodian of securities registered with SEBI and authorised by the issuing company to issue Indian Depository Receipts. Overseas Custodian Bank means a banking company which is established in a country outside India and has a place of business in India and acts as custodian for the equity
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FULFILLING OUR TAX EDUCATION MANDATE Tax Education Package Public & Corporate Affairs, Uganda Revenue Authority 1 URA VISION To be a model for Best Practice and Innovation in Revenue Services. URA MISSION To Provide Excellent Revenue Services with Purpose and Passion. URA CORE VALUES Excellence, Integrity, Team Work and Respect 2 Tax Education Package Public & Corporate Affairs, Uganda Revenue Authority Acronyms and Defined Terms CD Customs Department DT
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such things like standards, conventions and the rules the organization accountant follows when during a copy and summarizing all the transactions when doing the work on preparing the financial statements. All third parties that are involved with the reports must then rely on the information to be free from all bias and inconsistency without debate or not so GAAP standards are followed. All business states that, “generally accepted accounting principles are guidelines precisely, are a group objectives
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Xerox Corporation 1 Accounting Ethical Breaches at Xerox Corporation Taiwan Byrd Xerox Corporation 2 Accounting Ethical Breaches at Xerox Corporation Some of the largest accounting frauds in history occurred in the last several years leading to the well-known scandals in the accounting industry. During the early 2000’s accounting scandals were at the forefront of most business circles and rising to an all-time high in record number of cases being reported
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“Content Analysis of Annual Report of RAK Ceramics (Bangladesh) Ltd. ” | “Content Analysis of Annual Report of RAK Ceramics (Bangladesh) Ltd.” Submitted to Mr. Al-Amin Assistant Professor Department of Accounting & Information Systems University of Dhaka Submitted by Name Asif Mahmud Ruhul Amin Tithi Rani Saha Md. Waliul Islam Mark Pritom I.D. 11323025 11323016 11323008 11323020 Date of Submission April 30, 2013 Table of Content Letter of Transmittal Acknowledgement
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SUSTAINABILITY AND THE ROLE OF MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTING Traci Buxton French Salem International University ABSTRACT: A majority of CEO’s at large international companies consider sustainability efforts to be a high priority development item on corporate agendas, yet less than 30% of companies actively seek new capital investment opportunities in this area (McKinsey, 2010, para. 1). These same executives feel that value from sustainability initiatives is gained through “earned goodwill, improved
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Corporate governance and Auditing Introduction Corporate governance is a method that the proprietors and financial providers of a business exercises power and necessitate accountability for the assets that is trusted to the business. The proprietors choose a board of directors to be responsible for overseeing the business’s actions and accountability to interested parties. Many parties have a stake in the quality of an organization’s corporate governance. In this assignment, I will discuss two
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Petroleum Industry: Corporate Governance Report GROUP 9 INDIAN OIL Corporation Corporate Governance Philosophy IndianOil believes that good Corporate Governance practices ensure ethical and efficient conduct of the affairs of the Company and also help in maximizing value for all its stakeholders like customers, employees and society at large in order to build an environment of trust and confidence among all the constituent IndianOil recognizes that good Corporate Governance is a
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