Management and Communication Systems Otto Wagner Platz 3, 1090 Vienna, Austria Postal address: PO Box 61, 1011 Vienna, Austria Phone: (+43-1) 404 20-2345 Fax: (+43-1) 404 20-2398 Internet: http:/ /www.oenb.at http:/ /www.fma.gv.at Paper: Salzer Demeter, 100% woodpulp paper, bleached without chlorine, acid-free, without optical whiteners DVR 0031577 Preface The ongoing development of contemporary risk management methods and the increased use of innovative financial products such as securitization
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TERM PAPER: Fraud Prevention: Are Existing Deterrents Working Kevin B. Hoover ACC 630 – Professor Sheila Vagle University of Maryland University College Introduction I recently read the following quote posted by an anonymous person on Facebook: “I had ADHD when I was a kid too, but when I saw my father taking off his belt, I was healed”. I share that not just because it is true in my case, but because it is a fairly humorous and spot on example of a deterrent. Deterrence is a
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Advisor to the President, Lawrence Summers. He noted that the single-most important innovation shaping our capital markets was the idea of generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP). We agree with Mr. Summers. Relevant and reliable financial information is a necessity for viable capital markets. Without it, our markets would be chaotic, and our standard of living would decrease. This textbook is the market leader in providing the tools needed to understand what GAAP is and how it is applied
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Jamaica Water Properties A Case Study The case is about an accounting fraud that involves the Jamaica Water Properties, Inc. The fraud was characterized by misapplication of purchase method of accounting for acquisitions, recording fictitious assets, improper accounting for NOLCO, non-recording of appropriate allowances for uncollectible receivables, and misapplication of the percentage-of-completion method of accounting for long-term contracts. Ernest Grendi made the fraud possible, company
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The Ted Rogers School of Business Management and The G. Raymond Chang School of Continuing Education Course ID: CACC 504 Course Name: Accounting Cases and Concepts Session: Spring/Summer 2015 Instructor Information Name: Joel Shapiro Phone: HOME - (416) 485-9142 FAX – (416) 485-9105 RYERSON – (416) 979-5000 ext 6743 E-mail: shapiro@ryerson.ca Ryerson Office Location: TRS2-121 Approximate Office Hours: Mondays & Wednesdays 5-6 PM and after classes COURSE Information
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Introduction to Sarbanes – Oxley Act of 2002 The Sarbanes – Oxley Act of 2002, also known as the Public company accounting reform and Investor Protection Act of 2002 and commonly called SOX or Sarbox is a United States federal law passed in response to a number of major corporate and accounting scandals including those affecting Enron and WorldCom. The Act establishes a new quasi-public authority, the Public Company Accounting oversight Board for overseeing, regulating, inspecting and disciplining
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Jamaica Water Properties A Case Study The case is about an accounting fraud that involves the Jamaica Water Properties, Inc. The fraud was characterized by misapplication of purchase method of accounting for acquisitions, recording fictitious assets, improper accounting for NOLCO, non-recording of appropriate allowances for uncollectible receivables, and misapplication of the percentage-of-completion method of accounting for long-term contracts. Ernest Grendi made the fraud possible, company
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AC 31611DE AC 316 (M) 2013 Page 1 of 4 UNIVERSITY OF SWAZILAND FACULTY OF COMMERCE DEPARTMENT OF ACCOUNTING MAIN EXAMINATION PAPER MAY 2013 DEGREE! DIPLOMA: BACHELOR COMMERCE OF COMMERCE NIP! DIPLOMA IN YEAR OF STUDY B. COM III (Fff)! DIPLOMA IN COMMERCE IV (IDE) TITLE OF PAPER PRINCIPLES OF AUDITING COURSE CODE AC316! IDE AC316 (M) MAY 2013 TOTAL MARKS 100 MARKS TIME ALLOWED THREE (3) HOURS INSTRUCTIONS 1 There are four (4) questions, answer all. Begin the solution
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FIRST SEMESTER Course : 1: Principles of Management Introduction: - Concept of Management, Scope, Functions and Principles of Management, Evolution of Management thought. 2. Planning: - The Process of Planning, Objectives, Policy and Procedures, Forecasting and Decision Making. 3. Organizing: - Meaning, Importance and Principles, Span of Management, Centralization and Decentralization, Patterns of Organization, Line and Staff Relationships. 4. Staffing: - Nature & Scope of Staffing, Manpower Planning
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What’s New About Cloud Computing Security? Yanpei Chen Vern Paxson Randy H. Katz Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences University of California at Berkeley Technical Report No. UCB/EECS-2010-5 http://www.eecs.berkeley.edu/Pubs/TechRpts/2010/EECS-2010-5.html January 20, 2010 Copyright © 2010, by the author(s). All rights reserved. Permission to make digital or hard copies of all or part of this work for personal or classroom use is granted without fee provided that copies are
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