In response to accounting scandals and the collapse of Enron at the turn of the century, the U.S. Congress passed the Sarbanes-O
xley Act to establish a system of federal oversight of corporate accounting practices. The purpose of the law is to hold CEOs accountable in matters of financial reporting, and to ensure the truthfulness of statements offered to investors. Despite the law's good intentions, businesses must now spend millions of dollars each year just to comply with the regulations. However, the steep challenges of compliance have created a boom in new accounting firms that specialize in helping companies meet the law's requirements.Answer the multiple choice questions that follow the video content.Congress passed Sarbanes-Oxley into law as a response to:a. Globalization b. Financial scandals and corporate fraud c. Consumer protection violations d. Executive CEO pay How does Sarbanes-Oxley attempt to improve business ethics?a. By regulating executive retirement plans b. By legally requiring companies to certify the truth of their statements to investors c. By enacting legal protections against discrimination d. By offering suggestions for how companies might be more transparent Which aspect of Sarbanes-Oxley has created severe difficulties for businesses? a. The law's whistle-blower protections
b. The creation of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board c
. The law's aim to hold CEOs accountable
d. The cost and difficulties of compliance
b. By legally requiring companies to certify the truth of their statements to investors.
d. The cost and difficulties of compliance.
Explanation:
After the U.S. was rocked by the financial scandals and corporate fraud of companies like Enron and WorldCom, the U.S. Congress enacted the Sarbanes-Oxley Act to mitigate the risk of such ever occurring again.
The Act involves making the management personally liable for the accuracy of the statements by legally requiring companies to certify the truth in their statements to their investors.
While this seems easy enough, it requires a lot of information gathering which has left companies paying millions to comply.
Which security method involves coding your readable emails into a format that is illegible? Cryptography. Businesses and individuals will use cryptography to keep information secret. This makes it hard for people who want to crack information and decode information that they do not have access to.
<span>This is true because there is no way for service providers to be able to control the emotional state of their customers. Even if a service provider is very friendly and helps the customer adequately, there is no way to ensure that the customer will be satisfied with the service/in a stable emotional state.</span>
As I remember it correctly four strategies <span>in which the kruger national park combats rhino poaching sound like that: *Restricted trade in rhino horn; *Unrestricted trade in rhino horn; *Status Quo; *Demand reduction.</span>
The correct option is: Males average $222.78 more than females in monthly salary
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Explanation:
The results for the variable gender show that Males average $222.78 more than females in monthly salary because the coefficient for gender is 222.78 and male is coded as gender = 1. Therefore, male's average salary is $222.78 more than female's average salary.
