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Misstatement Amounts And Associated Penalties For Fraudulent Financial Reporting, Maria Babajanian May 2012

Misstatement Amounts And Associated Penalties For Fraudulent Financial Reporting, Maria Babajanian

USF St. Petersburg campus Honors Program Theses (Undergraduate)

This paper examines recent civil lawsuits brought by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for trends in legal action taken against companies and individuals engaged in fraudulent financial reporting. In many cases, corporate executives benefit from manipulating financial statements but seem to face little to no consequences when the fraud is uncovered. In this study, SEC fraud cases are followed from investigation to prosecution or settlement. The misstatement amounts are compared against the amount of any penalties and other legal consequences. Suggestions are then made for deterring fraudulent reporting in the future.


Healthy Aging And Older Asian Indian Immigrants: A Key Informant Survey Of Seven Ethnic Community Centers In Santa Clara County, Sadhna Diwan, Sharvari Dixit May 2012

Healthy Aging And Older Asian Indian Immigrants: A Key Informant Survey Of Seven Ethnic Community Centers In Santa Clara County, Sadhna Diwan, Sharvari Dixit

Faculty Publications

This study is an examination of the present status of healthy aging programs and services provided to older Asian Indian (AI) immigrants in Santa Clara County. The primary goals of the study were to develop a profile of programs being offered to AI seniors at various ethnic community organizations; and to determine the met and unmet needs for programs and services that promote healthy aging in the AI senior population. A key informant survey was conducted with leaders of seven different organizations in Santa Clara County known to currently provide some services to AI seniors. These seven organizations are estimated …


Determinants And Implications Of Audit Reporting Lags In China, Wei Luo May 2012

Determinants And Implications Of Audit Reporting Lags In China, Wei Luo

Lingnan Theses

Timeliness is an essential attribute of corporate financial reporting as it affects the usefulness of information made available to external investors. The recognition that the length of audit is the single most important determinant influencing the timeliness of earnings announcements has motivated investigations on audit reporting lags in different countries. Nevertheless, there is a lack of research on this issue in China where the institutional environment for accounting and auditing practices is different from that of other countries. The growing interest in the Chinese stock market from domestic and international investors further increases the importance of this research. In this …


The Impact Of The Euro On The United States Equity Markets, Joseph F. Jacob May 2012

The Impact Of The Euro On The United States Equity Markets, Joseph F. Jacob

Journal of Civil Rights and Economic Development

No abstract provided.


To Insure Or Not To Insure, That Is The Question: Congress' Attempt To Bolster The Insurance Industry After The Attacks On September 11, 2001, Mark Boran May 2012

To Insure Or Not To Insure, That Is The Question: Congress' Attempt To Bolster The Insurance Industry After The Attacks On September 11, 2001, Mark Boran

Journal of Civil Rights and Economic Development

No abstract provided.


Using Second Circuit Precedent To Fundamentally Change Mutlinational Corporations' Global Foreign Corrupt Practices Act Internal Investigations, Travis Robert-Ritter May 2012

Using Second Circuit Precedent To Fundamentally Change Mutlinational Corporations' Global Foreign Corrupt Practices Act Internal Investigations, Travis Robert-Ritter

Brigham Young University International Law & Management Review

No abstract provided.


Huntsman Alumni Magazine, Spring 2012, Usu Jon M. Huntsman School Of Business May 2012

Huntsman Alumni Magazine, Spring 2012, Usu Jon M. Huntsman School Of Business

Huntsman Business Magazine

Alumni magazine for the Jon M. Huntsman School of Business at Utah State University.


Auditor Size Vs. Audit Quality: An Analysis Of Auditor Switches, Jackie Weiner May 2012

Auditor Size Vs. Audit Quality: An Analysis Of Auditor Switches, Jackie Weiner

Accounting

In recent years, there has been a debate over whether public companies should be required to have either a mandatory retention period or a mandatory rotation period for their external auditors. With all of the financial scandals that occurred in the late 1990s and early 2000s, the idea of auditor switching has come to the forefront. There are some opponents to auditor switching when companies switch auditors due to opinion shopping. However, research has identified many other reasons for switching auditors, such as business growth or requirements for new audit procedures. When companies require more complex audits, it may become …


A Business Lawyer's Bibliography: Books Every Dealmaker Should Read, Robert C. Illig May 2012

A Business Lawyer's Bibliography: Books Every Dealmaker Should Read, Robert C. Illig

Journal of Legal Education

No abstract provided.


Accounting And Auditing Enforcement Releases: Cash Flow Evidence Associated With Revenue Recognition Fraud, Irana Scott Apr 2012

Accounting And Auditing Enforcement Releases: Cash Flow Evidence Associated With Revenue Recognition Fraud, Irana Scott

Electronic Theses and Dissertations Archive

In an attempt to predict financial statement fraud, prior accounting research has considered the characteristics of firms that manipulate their financial statements. The aforementioned studies have included various fraud types and often focus on accruals manipulations of the financial statements. In contrast, this study concentrates on a specific type of fraud, revenue manipulations, and the effect of this fraud type on the firm's cash flows. This is an important issue as fraud (and related cash flow) is directly related to the firm's ability to remain viable. This three-paper dissertation contributes to existing literature by separating revenue manipulations from other types …


Consent Judgment, United States Of America, Et Al. V. Bank Of America Corp., Et Al. Apr 2012

Consent Judgment, United States Of America, Et Al. V. Bank Of America Corp., Et Al.

National Mortgage Settlements Digital Archive

No abstract provided.


Consent Judgment, United States Of America, Et Al. V. Bank Of America Corp., Et Al. Apr 2012

Consent Judgment, United States Of America, Et Al. V. Bank Of America Corp., Et Al.

National Mortgage Settlements Digital Archive

No abstract provided.


Consent Judgment, United States Of America, Et Al. V. Bank Of America Corp., Et Al. Apr 2012

Consent Judgment, United States Of America, Et Al. V. Bank Of America Corp., Et Al.

National Mortgage Settlements Digital Archive

No abstract provided.


Consent Judgment, United States Of America, Et Al. V. Bank Of America Corp., Et Al. Apr 2012

Consent Judgment, United States Of America, Et Al. V. Bank Of America Corp., Et Al.

National Mortgage Settlements Digital Archive

No abstract provided.


White Collar Crime And The United States' Economy, Megan Graham Apr 2012

White Collar Crime And The United States' Economy, Megan Graham

Honors Theses and Capstones

This paper attempts to study white collar crime and the cost it has on the United States' economy. White collar crime has many ripple effects including job loss, stock price changes, consumer price increases, jail costs, and court costs, and each of these comes at an enormous cost to society. Overall, this paper argues that more resources are needed for white collar crime prevention in order to save a large sum of money each year.


Detecting Fraud: Utilizing New Technology To Advance The Audit Profession, Gabriella Stanton Apr 2012

Detecting Fraud: Utilizing New Technology To Advance The Audit Profession, Gabriella Stanton

Honors Theses and Capstones

No abstract provided.


Conflicting Currents: The Obligation To Maintain Inviolate Client Confidences And The New Sec Attorney Conduct Rules, Keith Paul Bishop, James F. Fotenos, Steven K. Hazen, James R. Walther, Nancy H. Wojtas Mar 2012

Conflicting Currents: The Obligation To Maintain Inviolate Client Confidences And The New Sec Attorney Conduct Rules, Keith Paul Bishop, James F. Fotenos, Steven K. Hazen, James R. Walther, Nancy H. Wojtas

Pepperdine Law Review

No abstract provided.


Information Security Policy Compliance: A User Acceptance Perspective, Ahmad Al-Omari Mar 2012

Information Security Policy Compliance: A User Acceptance Perspective, Ahmad Al-Omari

Masters Theses & Doctoral Dissertations

Information security policy compliance is one of the key concerns that face organizations today. Although, technical and procedural securities measures help improve information security, there is an increased need to accommodate human, social, and organizational factors. While employees are considered the weakest link in information security domain, they also are assets that organizations need to leverage effectively. Employees’ compliance with Information Security Policies (ISPs) is critical to the success of an information security program. This study adapts the Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) and the Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB) to examine users’ behavioral intention to comply with ISPs. Compliance and …


Not-For-Profit Entities With Conforming Changes As Of March 1, 2012; Audit And Accounting Guide, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants (Aicpa) Mar 2012

Not-For-Profit Entities With Conforming Changes As Of March 1, 2012; Audit And Accounting Guide, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants (Aicpa)

Industry Guides (AAGs), Risk Alerts, and Checklists

No abstract provided.


Mutiny By The Bounties? The Attempt To Reform Wall Street By The New Whistleblower Provisions Of The Dodd-Frank Act, Geoffrey Christopher Rapp Mar 2012

Mutiny By The Bounties? The Attempt To Reform Wall Street By The New Whistleblower Provisions Of The Dodd-Frank Act, Geoffrey Christopher Rapp

BYU Law Review

No abstract provided.


Are Auditors' Going-Concern Evaluations More Useful After Sox?, Benjamin P. Foster, Terry J. Ward Mar 2012

Are Auditors' Going-Concern Evaluations More Useful After Sox?, Benjamin P. Foster, Terry J. Ward

Faculty and Staff Scholarship

Bankruptcy risk is a crucial factor in auditors’ decisions whether or not to modify their audit opinion based on the going-concern assumption. SOX required more extensive audit procedures than those required before its passage. More extensive audit procedures should result in more meaningful audit reports. This study examines whether the auditors’ going-concern opinion provides more useful incremental information after SOX than before SOX in distinguishing between distressed companies that become bankrupt in the next year and those that do not. We find that an audit opinion variable adds more useful information to bankruptcy prediction models after SOX than before SOX. …


Rose-Colored Glasses, Opaque Financial Reporting, And Investor Blues: Enron As Con And The Vulnerability Of Candian Corporate Law, Janis Sarra Feb 2012

Rose-Colored Glasses, Opaque Financial Reporting, And Investor Blues: Enron As Con And The Vulnerability Of Candian Corporate Law, Janis Sarra

St. John's Law Review

No abstract provided.


Enron's Legislative Aftermath: Some Reflections On The Deterrence Aspects Of The Sarbanes-Oxley Act Of 2002, Michael A. Perino Feb 2012

Enron's Legislative Aftermath: Some Reflections On The Deterrence Aspects Of The Sarbanes-Oxley Act Of 2002, Michael A. Perino

St. John's Law Review

No abstract provided.


The Duty To Monitor: Emerging Obligations Of Outside Lawyers And Auditors To Detect And Report Corporate Wrongdoing Beyond The Federal Securities Laws, Larry Cata Backer Feb 2012

The Duty To Monitor: Emerging Obligations Of Outside Lawyers And Auditors To Detect And Report Corporate Wrongdoing Beyond The Federal Securities Laws, Larry Cata Backer

St. John's Law Review

No abstract provided.


The Judicial Access Barriers To Remedies For Securities Fraud, Michael J. Kaufman, John M. Wunderlich Feb 2012

The Judicial Access Barriers To Remedies For Securities Fraud, Michael J. Kaufman, John M. Wunderlich

Law and Contemporary Problems

No abstract provided.


Crimes, Widgets, And Plea Bargaining: An Analysis Of Charge Content, Pleas, And Trials, Kyle Graham Feb 2012

Crimes, Widgets, And Plea Bargaining: An Analysis Of Charge Content, Pleas, And Trials, Kyle Graham

Faculty Publications

This article considers how the composition and gravamen of a charged crime can affect the parties’ willingness and ability to engage in plea bargaining. Most of the prevailing descriptions of plea bargaining ignore or discount the importance of charge content in plea negotiations. In fact, one leading commentator has likened crimes to widgets insofar as plea bargaining is concerned. In developing its counter-thesis, this article reviews seven years of federal conviction data, focusing on those crimes that produce the most and fewest trials relative to how often they are alleged; the most and fewest acquittals at trial; and the most …


Trails Of Trustworthiness In Real-Time Streams ( Extended Summary), P. Takis Metaxas, Eni Mustafaraj Feb 2012

Trails Of Trustworthiness In Real-Time Streams ( Extended Summary), P. Takis Metaxas, Eni Mustafaraj

Computer Science Faculty Scholarship

There is an indisputable need for reliable online information. This need becomes imperative in real-time information channels (R-TICs) that are omnipresent in the Social Web these days. R-TICs are online systems that provide instant interaction, commenting and notification (e.g., Twitter, Facebook, Google+, etc.) While helping us decrease our time and effort to be informed, R-TICs will put new stress to our abilities to act under time pressure in making decisions. Being able to determine the trustworthiness of the information we receive, therefore, will be paramount. How one determines the quality of the information received? Certainly, one needs to be skilled …


Daily Eastern News: January 30, 2012, Eastern Illinois University Jan 2012

Daily Eastern News: January 30, 2012, Eastern Illinois University

January

No abstract provided.


Spartan Daily January 25, 2012, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications Jan 2012

Spartan Daily January 25, 2012, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications

Spartan Daily (School of Journalism and Mass Communications)

Volume 138, Issue 1


Dodd-Frank And Basel Iii’S Skin In The Game Divergence And Why It Is Good For The International Banking System , Eric Thompson Jan 2012

Dodd-Frank And Basel Iii’S Skin In The Game Divergence And Why It Is Good For The International Banking System , Eric Thompson

Global Business Law Review

The recent financial collapse has illuminated many problems with the global financial system. One of these problems was that the financial system developed in a way that allowed banks to profit by simply making more loans instead of quality loans. After the financial collapse, regulators scrambled to enact new legislation to better manage the financial system and avoid the problems that caused the collapse. One way in which regulators attempted to improve the system was to remove the ability of banks to generate limitless loans in which the banks had no stake. Two such pieces of regulation, the Dodd-Frank Wall …