Homework: Term Paper GEB2430 Business Ethics & Social Responsibility Dr. Harvey Weiss June 16th, 2012 Abstract The main purpose of this research paper is to show how the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 may have contributed to holding corporate executives accountable for their actions then and for the future. This research paper will examine and discuss the origin of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and go into detail regarding the eleven titles, or sections, of the document that it consists of. This
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Facts Before the merger, Michael Goodbread served as an audit partner in Touche Ross. In December 1988, Goodbread bought 400 shares of common stock from Koger Properties, Inc. After the effective year of the merger in 1989, Koger automatically became an audit client of Deloitte & Touche instead. Also, Goodbread got an identical position in Deloitte & Touche in the same year. In the following year, Goodbread was assigned to be an audit engagement partner in association with Koger’s financial statements
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opinion, with proper use of analytical procedures Ernst & Whinney should have detected the overstatement of the leased assets. The following analytical procedures should have been used, at least at the planning and overall review stages of the audit. Trend analysis is the analysis of changes in an account balance over time. Ernst & Whinney could have compared the balances of the leased assets and rent income and their changes over the years. Also, Ratio analysis could have been used to
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would like to take this opportunity to inform you of the current changes in the Statement of Accounting Standards. On October 2008, the AICPA Standards Board issued a new standard called Communicating Internal Control Related Matters Identified in an Audit (SAS No. 115). This policy was created to guide external auditors on how they should communicate with internal controls on deficiencies of their financial reporting of the financial statements. SAS No. 115 provides the following definitions of
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increasing their reporting standards, the implementation of independent audits, and the institution of steep penalties for corporate executives who submit fallacious filings (Botes, 2012). These actions provide increased investor assurance of the accuracy of public financial filings through improving their reliability and breadth of disclosure (Botes, 2012). The following report shows how the Act has impacted outside independent audit firms, the accuracy of public company financial statements and the
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of occurrence, and install those controls whose projected benefits outweigh their costs” (Hunton, Bryant, Bagranoff, 2004, pg. 243). Learning Team B created a system customized to meet the needs of Kudler Fine Foods. There are however, potential audit and security risks associated with payroll, accounts payable, accounts receivable, and inventory. A major concern with any business is fraud. According to Apollo Group (2011), there is one person who handles the monthly and daily bank reconciliations
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financial statements of public companies. The provisions of the Act dramatically changed the relationship between publicly held companies and their audit firms. For example, SOX significantly narrow the scope of non-audit services that may be provided to the audit client. Now, certain consulting services are illegal when services are rendered by the audit firm. Also, the SOX require the CEO and CFO of public companies to certify the annual and quarterly financial statements filed with
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General Ledger at a given point in time. Auditors are required to confirm a selection of customer account balances directly with the customers. It is also used to assess the adequacy of the Company's provision for bad debts. Toward the end of the audit, auditors may attempt to verify that certain accounts receivable have been collected, or if not collected, the auditor may perform other procedures for assurance that the accounts are collectible. Auditors verify that any accounts receivable from
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introduce you to our auditing services and other assurance services we offer. In addition to just an audit of your financial statements, we would like to offer and inform you of some of our assurance services. Offers we would like to include with your audit are annual contracts for unlimited attestation services, WebTrust, and a quarterly review of interim financial information. We will audit the consolidated balance sheet of Apollo Shoes, Inc. as of 9/30/2011 and the related consolidated statements
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Nestlé's implementation of the WHO Code includes the following: * Nestlé Policy and Instructions * Training, testing and compensation on WHO Code knowledge * Nestlé WHO Code Management System * Internal Ombudsman System * Internal and External Audits * Internal and External Reporting Nestlé Policy and Instructions First published in 1982, these were developed to ensure complete and correct implementation of the WHO Code by Nestlé. This became necessary because the WHO Code, as a recommendation
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