Corporate governance

systemic weaknesses in the governance of corporate structure and boost the public confidence. These were seen as the most important goals that the Act had to achieve. The following were some of the important objectives of Sarbanes-Oxley: • Improving the accounting oversight • Strengthening the auditor independence • Demanding increased transparency in financial matters of the company • eradicating analysts’ conflicts of interests, and • Demanding more accountability from corporate official…

In China, the internal governance can be characterized as three elements: board of director, ownership and control, and managerial incentives. In China, there is a proof that outsider director on the board has a positive impact on increasing the return of investment. Having outsider director on the board leads to make a better decision. There are two kinds of board in china: director and supervisory boards. However, supervisory board is unable to monitor the daily operation in Chinese companies…

successful corporate governance and accountability. Now, all public companies must comply with SOX. The intent of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act is to protect stockholders by improving the exactitude and reliability of corporate disclosures made pursuant to the securities laws, and for other commitments, created new canons for corporate accountability as well as new punishments for acts of wrongdoing. It changes how corporate boards and administrators must interact with each other and with corporate…

this law to regulate changes in financial practices and corporate governance. The main purpose of SOX is to protect shareholders and the public from accounting fraud and errors. Fundamentally, this law helps ensure companies’ financial records are integrity-sound and accurate. SOX touches both company management and their accountants. With regard to the management, the SOX specifically incorporated new duties and liabilities for corporate…

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shareholders and stakeholders from fraudulent accounting practices (Protiviti 2011). The creators of the Sarbanes-Oxley act were Paul Sarbanes, and Michael Oxley. The act was designed to provide regulation for financial practices, and to provide corporate governance. The idea behind the Sarbanes-Oxley act was to provide some time of governing body regarding accounting practices within business, and to hold everyone to the same standard. The main focus behind the Sarbanes-Oxley act is centered on…

of public accounting firms as well as at the overall reliability of the financial reporting and audit process. The requirements included in SOX were designed to improve audit quality, increase the reliability of financial reporting, bolster corporate governance, and re-establish public and investor confidence in the financial reporting process. Some of the most impactful aspects of the Act…

insurance organizations was emphasized by collapse of Independent Insurance Company Limited in 2001. These lessons should be fresh in the minds of executives and senior managers of insurance companies because they highlight the significance of effective governance structures within companies. Woolf (2007) in an article in Accountancy Magazine described the collapse of The Independent Insurance Company Ltd. The insurer operated for a good number of years and through the period the company…

the Congresses regulatory solutions that they have come up with end up working and how they continue to be maintained by the people governing them. Griffith’s (2012) research found: The underlying problem facing clearinghouse is the fact that governance is pervasive free-riding created by the fact the the control of the systemic risk has the character of a public good. (p.1240) Because of the issue of free-riders the enticements of more money in each of the groups with profitable interest have…

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