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    Accountant Responsibility

    Content Abstract 3 Introduction 4 The Accountant’s responsibility to clients 4 The Accountant’s responsibility to third parties 5 The Accountant’s responsibility to the government 5 Action or claims against accountants by clients 6 Action or claims against accountants by third parties 6-7 Action or claims against accountants by the government 7 Accounting-Client privilege 7 Whistleblowing 8 Conclusion 8-9 Reference

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    The Sarbanes-Oxley Act Creates Ethics in Accounting

    The Sarbanes-Oxley Act Creates Ethics in Accounting While contemplating the question of has the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX) made a difference in ethical behavior; the question came to mind; has any law ever succeeded in legislating ethical behavior? The short answer is no, but SOX has lessened the chance of unethical behavior going un-detected. In 2006 top executives at over 150 companies took advantage of lenient reporting policies; where they chose the lowest stock price during a previous quarter

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    Business as a Profession

    Introduction The objective of this essay is to identify the key factors involved based on two opposing perspectives as to whether business practice should be treated as a profession or not. The essay aims to discover as to which argument is more compelling and the reasons for it. The essay will conclude with supporting reasons favouring one of the two points of view. Business as a Profession This section will provide arguments that support the idea of business and management

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    Adoption of Sox

    Adoption of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 as an Important Piece of Legislation Professor Ronald Pereira Strayer University BUS 309 Ethics June 12, 2011 1. Analyze the new or enhanced standards for all U.S. public company boards, management, and public accounting firms that the SOX required. The Sarbanes Oxley Act, commonly known as SOX, came into existence in 2002, named after Senator Paul Sarbanes and Representative Michael Oxley, in response to the ever increasing instances of financial

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    Sox of 2002

    transparency in the system, but it has actually had the opposite effect than was intended with regards to CEO compensation. The research indicates that CEO compensation has increased for many companies post-Sarbanes-Oxley. Due in large part to the Enron scandal, SOX needed to address outside independent audit firms to improve the accuracy of financial reports disclosed by publicly traded companies. These financial reports are used by investors, bankers and interested consumers to determine how well

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    Ethic Business Paper

    Malcolm PHL 323 January 13, 2015 Instructor Ashram Chooniedass Ethic Business Paper Enron started out in 1985 as a merger between InterNorth and Houston Gas Company, the company’s innovation leads to huge success. By 2000 Enron announce revenue of one hundred million dollars in profit. This huge increase was due to the trading energy sector of the company, shortly after it announced that Enron had become the sixth largest energy company in the world. In 1996 Jeffery Skilling became the

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    Reporting Practices and Ethics Paper

    Reporting Practices and Ethics Paper Mandy L Gutting HCS/405 02/09/2015 University of Phoenix Abstract All health care organizations must comply with their state and federal standards when treating their patients. All elements of an organization plays their part to ensure that the reporting processes and ethical standards are in place. Standing alone, will commit errors, breaches of HIPAA, and fraud and abuse. Every day, health care organizations are faced with financial practices

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    Sox Act of 2002

    SOX Act of 2002 Joseph Holmes LAW/421 May 11, 2015 Gregory Henderson University of Phoenix Material Article Review Format Guide MEMORANDUM UNIVERSITY OF PHOENIX DATE: May 11, 2015 TO: Gregory Henderson FROM: Joseph Holmes RE: Year-old Law's Not Enough To Quell Some Investors' Distrust; By Rafael Gerena-Morales and Purva Patel Business WriterS July 30, 2003 ARTICLE SYNOPSIS Looking into many of the surveyor’s opinion they all feel that even with the new

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    Lessons from Lehman Brothers: Will We Ever Learn

    Lessons from Lehman Brothers: Will We Ever Learn Learning Team B MGT/521 July 27, 2015 Sandra Griffin Lessons from Lehman Brothers: Will We Ever Learn The culture at Lehman Brothers was one of greed, excess, and corruption. According to Lawrence Serewicz (2011-2013) “…profits before prudence means risk that can never be avoided” (para 19). Lehman Brothers culture was clearly that of “…go along to get along” (para 20). The culture at Lehman Brothers was a culture that encouraged risk taking

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    Sox 2002

    When the Enron scandal took place in November 2001 several hundred million dollars had been overstated in Enron’s annual earnings. This caused for people to run out and get Enron stock which was thought to be highly profitable. When the S.E.C ordered an investigation against the multi-billion dollar energy company and found that Enron was falsifying documents and not honestly reporting it’s annually earnings, the company quickly went bottom-side up and took everything away from its employees and

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