In light of the 1990s accounting scandals and the eventual Sarbanes Oxley Act of 2002, and the following financial institution meltdown, and our current accounting environment do you expect the United States Congress to have concerns about enacting laws pertaining to accounting standards in the near future? Why and why not?
I think with the prevelent accounting economic environment , I expect the US Congress to have concerns about enacting laws pertaining to accounting standard in near future as establishment are still employing with window dressing strategies and there are high level of negotiatiable techniques with auditors and still, it is a fair market there are price manipulation to a large extent .
SOX managed the fraud to a certain extent but the accounting environment has changed in this digital world and there are new and Sophisticated type of manipulation techniques which are not required to be reported.
We cannot estimate the intensity of those frauds and prevent it unless it comes into light.
In light of the 1990s accounting scandals and the eventual Sarbanes Oxley Act of 2002, and...
Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 was designed to control the record keeping systems that businesses are required to maintain.The Act was passed to combat the slew of financial scandals that were committed by large companies like WorldCom and Enron. Do you think that this massive accounting reform law passed by Congress was really necessary
Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 was designed to control the record keeping systems that businesses are required to maintain.The Act was passed to combat the slew of financial scandals that were committed by large companies like WorldCom and Enron. Do you think that this massive accounting reform law passed by Congress was really necessary?
The Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) Act was enacted in 2002 for companies in the private sector as a result of the Enron and other scandals. However, it does not apply to government. Should SOX-like provisions be required for the federal government? Has there been any move in this direction? Why or why not?
Discuss the major components of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and Corporate Governance? Counterpoint: According to Romano (2004), the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX), in which Congress introduced a series of corporate governance initiatives into the federal securities laws are not just a considerable change in law but also a departure in the mode of regulation. The federal regime had until then consisted of disclosure requirements, rather than substantive corporate governance mandates, which were traditionally left to state corporate law and were...
The Sarbanes−Oxley Act of 2002 strengthens accounting disclosure requirements and ethical guidelines for financial officers. True False
TRUE AND FALSE 9. The three steps in the accounting process are analyze, journalize and post? True False 10. Ethics are more important in accounting than any other profession? True False 11. Relevance means that financial information matches what really happened; the information is factual. True False 12. Congress passed the Sarbanes-Oxley Act to reduce unethical behavior and decrease likelihood of future corporate scandals. True False 13. The primary accounting standards-setting body in the United States is the Financial Accounting...
7. Ethical corporate behavior and the Sarbanes-Oxley Act Most executives believe that they and their firms behave in an ethical manner and that it is in their best interests to do so. How can a firm's ethical conduct increase its long-term profitability? Ethical corporate behavior builds public trust and encourages the use of good corporate governance. Both increase the likelihood that creditors and investors will want to invest in the firm, which in turn increases the availability of financial capital....
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1. Which of the following matters would an auditor most likely consider to be a significant deficiency to be communicated to the audit committee? A. Management's failure to renegotiate unfavorable long-term purchase commitments.B. Recurring operating losses that may indicate going concern problems.C. Evidence of a lack of objectivity by those responsible for accounting decisions.D. Management's current plans to reduce its ownership equity in the entity. 2. After obtaining an understanding of internal control and arriving at a preliminary assessed level...