Aspects of the Regulatory Environment In 2001, one of the largest corporate scandals unraveled as Enron/Andersen was accused of corporate fraud. Not long after were companies such as ImClone and Global Crossing were deemed under the same fraudulent activities and congress did very little in correcting the situations. (Larry Bumgardner, 2003) Several committees did hold hearings and a number of bills were introduced to address corporate misconduct. However, the differences between the Senate under Democratic
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Published: August 20, 2011 Ethical Compliance by the Accountant on the Quality of Financial Reporting and Performance of Quoted Companies in Nigeria 1 G.N. Ogbonna and 2Appah Ebimobowei Department of Accounting, Faculty of Management Sciences, University of Port-Harcourt, Port-Harcourt, Nigeria 2 Department of Accounting, Bayelsa State College of Education, Okpoama, Brass Island, P.M.B. 74 Yenagoa, Nigeria 1 Abstract: The study investigates the ethical compliance by the accountant on the quality
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Code of Conduct Preface “Don’t be evil.” Googlers generally apply those words to how we serve our users. But “Don’t be evil” is much more than that. Yes, it’s about providing our users unbiased access to information, focusing on their needs and giving them the best products and services that we can. But it’s also about doing the right thing more generally – following the law, acting honorably and treating each other with respect. The Google Code of Conduct is one of the ways we put “Don’t be evil”
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SOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL DISCLOSURE A project report submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for MBA Project M.B.A. Candidate's Declaration I hereby certify that I have properly checked and verified all the items as prescribed in the checklist and ensure that my thesis/report is in proper format as specified in the guideline for thesis preparation. I also declare that the work containing in this report is my own work. I, understand that plagiarism is defined as anyone or
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to stem the occurrence of the crime. Two null hypotheses were formulated and the primary data used to test the hypotheses were obtained using structured questionnaire while secondary data were obtained from annual accounts of State Governments and reports from similar studies. The study used averages, percentages, chisquare and Spearman’s ranked correlation coefficient tested at 5% level of significance for analyses of the data obtained during the study. It also made use of averages and simple percentage
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organization looks into various companies that go extra mile to display the utmost ethical behavior possible (Ethisphere, 2012). Time Warner, Inc. displays admirable ethics policies and outstanding corporate social responsibility endeavors. In addition, Time Warner, Inc. has displayed an abundant amount of corporate responsibility. Time Warner may be recognized on many different levels as one of the ethical and socially responsible companies, yet that does not go without the occasional scandal. Due to the
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public confidence and increase transparency in financial reports of publicly held companies, due to the aftermath of the financial scandals that plagued companies such as Enron and Worldcom (Jennings, 2012). The problem to be investigated is the ethical issues that were legislated by SOX, the cost associated with the implementation of the new act on different stakeholders, and new governance practices required of public companies to insure compliance with the new act. Introduction SOX was implemented
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Riordan Corporate Compliance Plan Learning Team B Veronica Garcia Maribel Rojas Lorena Soto LAW/531 July 23, 2012 Roger Rodriguez Abstract The use of university resources and materials allows teach team members to create Riordan’s Corporate Compliance Plan. In the compliance plan students address the lawful responsibility of Riordan’s executives and presents solutions to situations, which laws have been violated and consequently propose corrective actions. Moreover, the compliance plan
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Directors. This hospital strives for compliance of professional and ethical standards it is to be followed by everyone working for the organization including contractors and vendors. This means to understand the code of conduct ensuring responsibilities to members, setting high standards to care, truthfulness, professionalism, responsible partnering, accountability and responsiveness, privacy and confidentiality to protect personal information. To help with compliance to these standards Kaiser has come
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Ethics and Compliance Paper FIN/370 Ethics and Compliance Paper In today’s business world, all businesses, organizations, and corporations must conduct business with the utmost honesty and in an ethical manner. This paper has been designed to discuss the Walmart Corporation, its role of ethics and compliance, the procedures used to ensure ethical behavior, the processes Walmart uses to comply with SEC regulations, and a review of Walmart’s financial performance over the last two years
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