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    The Welfare Reform Bill “Transformed welfare from an exclusive and unequal cash assistance system that stigmatized its recipients into one that actually criminalized them.”(1) Clinton was responsible for turning the AFDC (Aid to Families With Dependent Children) into block grants which hurt many impoverished children and their mothers throughout the U.S. Also, Clinton was responsible for the TANF which “established tougher mandates on poor single mothers.”(1) The AFDC has been around for a while, in the 30’s people had no problem with welfare due to the fact that the majority of recipients were white women , it wasn’t until the 70’s when women of color began to receive federal assistance that people began to lose their minds. In the 60’s and 70’s, blacks throughout the U.S. were really impoverished and they kept fighting for urban social order and economic equality, however the government completely ignored them. Instead of answering their pleas for help, the government chose to attempt to instill “proper values of work and marriage in black men and…

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    destruction of Enron audit documents • Enron – Kenneth Lay/Jeffrey Skilling – The emphasis that was placed on a big profitable bottom line to increase the value of their company and their direct reward for such profits. They discounted the loyalty and the harm that it would have when the scandal began to unravel would have on their employees. • SEC – Lack of oversight at the time to allow for these type of activities to occur. To allow the auditors to basically be the gatekeepers of the…

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    Peregrine Fraud Case Study

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    1) At Peregrine, the risk factors, especially those aligned with control environment factors and the “tone at the top” are discussed. The risks included having a paper based confirmation system for the entire business; no segregation of duties, which meant that only one or very few people were working on the financial statements, and in this case Mr. Wasendorf was the only one and had altered all bank documents using only Photoshop, excel, scanners, and printers. Continuing on, time off was not…

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    company’s activities, Fundacao Estadual do Meio Ambiente (FEAM) that the companies would be responsible for taking the safety measures and “to hire independent audit firms to do the evaluation of the stability and safety of their enterprise”. In the case of Samarco, the reports with regard to the stability and safety should be sent annually to the environmental authorities. In 2012, Samarco did all the safety processes and passed the audit, although, due to the increase of the production and to…

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    Worksheet for You Decide Name: Course Code Acct555 Grade ___/ Date: February 13, 2013 Questions: Q1: Discuss how the SEC has influence (if any) over the audit of Smackey Dog Foods, Inc. Solution: The SEC does have substantial influence on the audit of the company, by the auditing firm Keller CPAs. The influence can be observed in the audit standards that have to be followed in establishing the independence of auditors involved in the audit of the Company. Independence is one…

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    how often do you see the big labor unions and the rich and the middle class all upset about something? When that happens you know it has to be a bad deal. Of course the scary thing is that it is also one of the best examples of how this current regime has absolutely no regard for the will of the people. So What is the Cadillac Tax Anyway? For those of you that aren't familiar with the Cadillac tax here's what it is (other than just another shameful grab for your wallet to try and make this…

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    Evaluating Cost Reduction

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    of the single independent director on business decisions. Finally, the changes in compensation must be examined for its effect on the board’s comportments and pronouncements for PPC. Such changes can lead to decisions that erroneously inflate stock prices to increase the value of compensation thereby violating the information and communication control. Elimination of Internal Control Department Eliminating the internal control department was implemented to achieve a cost savings of…

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    The most recent audit was collected in the Spring 2015 quarter. 79% of the waste was trash, 14% aluminum and plastic, 3% was composed of paper, 3% composted, and less than 1% of glass. The Winter 2015 audit showed 78% being trash, 12% aluminum and plastic, 6% paper, 4% compost and 1%…

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    benefits that come along with SOX (Jahmani & Dowling, 2008). According to Suraj Srinivasan from Harvard Business School, “Markets have been able to use the information to assess companies more effectively, managers have improved internal processes, and the internal control testing has become more cost-effective over time.” (Hanna, 2014). Steve Schwarzman, CEO of private-equity juggernaut Blackstone, recently said that “Sarbanes-Oxley is probably the best thing that 's happened to our business…

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    joining the family business in the 1970’s, Sam E. Antar appeared to be the chosen one. He was able to attend Bernard M. Baruch College and obtained a major in accounting, all thanks to the generous donations of the Antar family. As you might have guessed, the returns expected from this investment were ridiculously high, but Sam endured the challenge. By skimming and under reporting income tax, the first stage of the scheme before going public was completed. At the beginning of the 1980’s the…

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