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    society’s issues and interests haven’t changed much. Political scandals, the race to space, pop culture, and best-selling novels; all crucial to the shaping of our society. Even though the 60’s and today’s world are decades apart, there are many similarities between society then and society now that suggest the more things change, the more they stay the same. Since the first person rose to fame, the public has been obsessed with celebrity scandals. That’s why when a politician is surrounded amongst accusations

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    'Gambit' at Risk to Lose Channing Tatum; Casting News Discover New Characters After confirmations that the new X-Men spinoff "Gambit" will feature Channing Tatum in the leading role, rumors have indicated that that the actor will leave the movie's cast. According to Wrap, his deal with 20th Century Fox is falling apart. Rumors have it that Tatum's representatives are in discussions with the studio and that they have admitted that something is not quite right. It is also suggested that the director

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    surprise by the biggest accounting scandals to ever occur. Enron, Tyco, and WorldCom threw investors, business owners, and employees into a world of panic after they committed fraud and stole millions of dollars. After the scandals became public, investors turned to The United States Congress to ensure nothing of this nature would ever happen again. Therefore, Congress passed the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (SOX) to help and restore investors’ confidence. The SOX was established to hold companies

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    other choice but to file bankruptcy. Could SOX have prevented the Phar-Mor fraud? How? Which specific sections of SOX? During the time period that the Phar-Mor fraud took place it was one of the most elaborate frauds of the 1980’s so could SOX prevented the fraud? The answer is debatable because of the extent that Phar-Mor went to cover up the fraud it may have taken several years still to uncover it however, in the long run I do believe SOX would have prevented the fraud from lasting almost

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    world was taken by surprise by the largest fraud scandals to ever occur within the United States. The Eron, WorldCom, and Tyco scandals caused havoc among employees, businesses, and investors, as investors lost millions of dollars due to the scandals. After the scandals broke loose, investors demanded the United States Congress to make sure something like this did not occur again. Therefore, in 2002, Congress passed the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX) to try to help restore investors’ confidence with

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    telecommunication company, WorldCom committed one of the biggest accounting scandals of all time. They perpetrated over *1 $3.8 billion in fraud, leading to a loss of 30,000 jobs and $180 billion losses for investors . This is one of the several accounting scandals that led to the passing of Sarbanes-Oxley Act, which introduced the most comprehensive set of new business regulations since the 1930’s. The Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX) is an act that was passed by United States Congress in 2002. This act

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    Schaefer, & Doupnik, 2013; Kieso, Weygandt, & Warfield, 2013). Although the SEC was created over eighty years ago, reporting requirements has evolved with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX), the SEC’s authority over generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP), and the numerous mandated filings with the SEC. Prior to the SOX, the SEC required independent external auditors to disclose the services provided (Hoyle et

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    According to Investopedia online (2015), Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (SOX Act) is defined as a “legislative response to a number of corporate scandals that sent shockwaves through the world financial markets.” Prior to SOX, the United States faced major financial scandals in the American history. Some of the biggest financial scandals involved such high-profile companies as Enron, Tyco, WorldCom, and Arthur Andersen. Two types of fraud exist in the corporate world. First is fraudulent financial reporting

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    fraud seems to be more and more common around the world. According to Forbes.com (n.d) the biggest fraud cases to ever occur was Enron, Bernard Madoff, Lehman Brothers, and Cendant, with Enron being the largest accounting scandal to ever take place. Prior to Enron’s fraud scandal coming to light in 2001, they were the seventh largest company in the United States by revenue, this was the same year Enron filed bankruptcy (da Silveira, 2013, p. 315). In addition to being one of the largest companies

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    The Sarbanes Oxley Act

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    In the begging of 2000’s after a period of corporate scandals involving large public companies, senate enacted the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, which is referred to as SOX or Sarbon. The act was enacted 14 years ago on July, 30 2002. Also this act was known as the “Public Company Accounting Reform and Investors Protection Act of 2002.” There are many serious accounting and corporate scandals that influenced companies Tyco International, Global Crossing, Enron, WorldCom. For instance the bankruptcy of “ENRON”

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