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 accounting firms in their roles as auditors of public companies. The Act covers issues such
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A college student decides she wants to become an accountant. General accounting and bookkeeping classes can be taken in high school. In college, the student needs to decide on a more specific field of accounting. An accountant has many choices as to what particular field of accounting to specialize in depending on the financial information she wants to analyze and how it is done. Financial accountants, tax accountants and internal auditors are all accountants in general, but require different training
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Case Brief Norman Utley, Plaintiffs v. MCI, INC., MCI WorldCom Communications, INC., & MCI Network Services, INC. F/K.A MCI WorldCom Network Services, INC., Defendants. Civil action no. 3:05-CV-0046-K Facts: This is an age discrimination case arising out of MCI's decision to terminate twenty (collectively “Plaintiffs”) former MCI’s Employees. This resulted from a reduction in force ("RIF"), where the companies declining financial condition, compelled a reduction in costs of its operations between
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Representatives and White House, under Republican control, on how to address the problems were so great that no legislation appeared imminent. (Larry Bumgardner, 2003) There was a second wave of scandals that involved WorldCom and Adelphia in the summer of 2002. (Larry Bumgardner, 2003) WorldCom had $107 billion in assets but after filing in the Southern District of New York was crushed by their debt of $41 billion. WorldCom’s bankruptcy is the largest in United States history making Enron seem irrelevant
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Running head: Ethics in accounting Ethics as an Accountant The main objective of this proposal is to gain insight into the unethical accounting practices of major corporations (with a majority of the focus on Enron, WorldCom, Tyco, and Adelphia) and ultimately exposing the true perpetrators behind these scandals (the CEO's) in an effort to restore credibility in the once revered accounting profession. Many of the people responsible of these crimes are enjoying retirement in lavish homes
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Our text also detailed how it represents responsibilities, the public interest (which is by itself one of the main purposes). Furthermore, AICPA has a few more purposes: integrity (also very, very important) which was what was at the bottom of the WorldCom Scandal. Objectivity and independence which I believe were lost in the scandal because of greed. Finally, due care and scope, as well as a nature of service. That seemed quite interesting, and I appreciated the knowledge that I received that week
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centuries and so do the existence of companies & business. The structure of company, its practices, the roles of key personnel, organizational behaviour, performance & goals got a new outlook in recent past when the collapse of Big firms such as Worldcom, Enron, Lehman Brothers etc. were witnessed despite their long history in business or their top ranking position in the business world. Business intellectuals agreed to this term “Corporate governance” after Baysinger and Butler (1985) phrased it
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creation and work of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) has resulted in greater independence of auditors of public companies? Due to some major Corporate and Accounting Scandals in some prominent companies including Enron and WorldCom, Sarbanes–Oxley Act (SOX) was enacted in 2002. Through this, a lot of changes were introduced as to the regulation of Financial Practices and Corporate Governance. The SOX later on created the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB). The
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Sarbanes Oxley: An Antidote To Executive Greed? | May2011 | “Today I sign the most far-reaching reforms of American business practices since the time of Franklin Delano Roosevelt. This new law sends very clear messages that all concerned must heed. This law says to every dishonest corporate leader: you will be exposed and punished; the era of low standards and false profits is over; no boardroom in America is above or beyond the law”- George W. Bush | | INTRODUCTION Since the initial
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2. Arthur Andersen Contribute to the Enron Disaster AA was incapable to either spot or ignored Enron’s manipulation which allowed fraud to take place. AA did not provide opinion to Enron’s audit committee. The firm CFO and the assistants were involved in situations that resulted in a significant conflict of interest and AA have no alternatives approach to manage those conflicts. Even though AA had undertook Enron’s audit function responsibility, AA failed to advice on Enron’s internal controls
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