1. Describe the basic internal control procedures Mr. Ellery failed to implement?
Mr. Ellery as the Securency CFO, flopped in actualizing the inner control technique of giving every one of the reports that are required for an exchange made and included in the deceptive adulteration of a receipt for roughly $80,000, being cash paid to a Malaysian middle person for costs purportedly brought about yet in reality were not acquired.
The critical time for Mr. Ellery to demand for further information was the time the company entered into a contract with the Kayum Aksavest Malaysia. This will enable him to understand how to deal with the transaction that would be going on between the companies involved in the contract.
2. Discuss the case study with
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This brought problems later when it is realized and Ellery is got in fixing what was false in accounting. Ellery thought that he would follow the required internal control procedures and did not want to ask how things are done in Securency.
The other employees in the company told Mr. Ellery that he had to pay commission and he did not take any step of asking them why he had to pay it which then brought him problems later. It was good for Ellery to first get to know the company’s culture before performing such
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This made the company with its officials to be brought to answer the case in court. It was totally wrong for the company to operate without following the required procedures.
Non-compliance to the set internal control procedures affects the good corporate governance in many different ways. There will be no proper accounting records which lead to false financial statements. This will finally mislead the new investors and the existing shareholders.
1.3. Consider what governance measures Securency and the reserved bank could and should have implemented to prevent or limit the opportunity for such false accounting and poor corporate governance.
The governance measures that the two companies should have implemented are good documentation to prove that a certain transaction has taken place and also allow for reference in future records.
Institutionalizing documents utilized for monetary exchanges, for example, solicitations, inner materials demands, stock receipts and travel cost reports, can keep up consistency in record keeping after some time. Utilizing standard archive arrangements can make it less demanding to survey past records when hunting down the wellspring of an error in the
Introduction McCloy considered the validity of provisions in Election Funding, Expenditures and Disclosed act 1981 (NSW) ("the EFED Act.") and it has been accepted that restrictions on donations to candidates and parties is constitutional. This paper analyses the implications of the McCloy for the implied freedom of political communication.
Key Facts: (Who are the parties? What are they fighting about? Who is suing whom for what?) Susan Kirkpatrick, Appellant; John Zitz and Transamerica Insurance Company, Appelles; Kirkpatrick originally filed a complaint in trial court for a skunk bite she received while in a pet store owned by John Zitz.
Introduction This case study of Vehar v. Cole National Group is a case where the plaintiff, Wendy Vehar, accused Cole National Group of sex discrimination claiming that as a female she was not being the same wage as a male for performing the same duties. Additionally this study will determine if the plaintiff established a valid prima facie as well as if there was a basis for equal work. Next, what factors did the appeals court base its decision and why is the other-than-sex factor that is presented by the employer insufficient to avoid a trial? Finally, what should the employer have done differently to ensure this type of situation did not occur in their business?
INTRODUCTION Defendant Ms. Kalani Herrera ("Ms. Herrera") respectfully request the court grants Ms. Herrera 's motion for summary judgment and dismiss the plaintiffs, Mr. And Mrs. Malone 's ("Malones") personal injury claim. The Malones have a brought a personal injury lawsuit against Ms. Herrera under the attractive nuisance doctrine on behalf of themselves and their daughter Maria Malone ("Maria"), a minor who was injured on an a peace of land art while trespassing on Ms. Herrera 's property. However, the plaintiffs have failed to establish elements that are pertinent to the claim. Landowners typically owe no duty to trespassers however, the doctrine of attractive nuisance is an exception to
Relevant Facts: Nurofen, the pain-relief medication is made by Reckitt Benckiser Australia, a multinational company. The company was found misleading customers for all its specific range that contained the same active ingredient ibuprofen lysine 342mg and was seen to have same effect. The product was advertised the products as been targeting back pain, period pain and tension headaches. The Company was fined $1.7m for misleading customers on range of ‘specific pain’ relief contravening Australian Consumer Law has been brought forward by ACCC. The ACCC had asked federal court to impose $6 million fine.
Another pressure presented in this case for Cendant Corporation was that for the top management once again. The top management needed to have their financial information seem profitable, therefore pressured the accountant of the company to falsify and “cook the books” to make the financial statements seem actually “profitable” when it wasn’t what It really was. As said in the previous question, income smoothing was used in this case by Cendant Corporation as an unethical practice to make the investors believe that their shares were all bright
This case deals with risk management at an ultimate level. It definitely displays the importance of risk management and how it should be handled. Why is risk management important? One may ask such a silly question, but it needs to be addressed so that an organization can survive and prosper. We can think of risk management and best employment practices coming down to Human Resource (HR) professionals, but the management team must also take part in striving to abide by all the laws.
Continued Expansion to Drive Popeyes’ Profitability Paul Sonkin, a famed value investor and portfolio manager of Gabelli Funds screens 52-week low lists to find the next blockbuster stock. The strategy works since the market has knee-jerk reactions on latest developments of a certain company, resulting in an artificially low stock price. Of course, the investor needs to do some due diligence before acquiring some shares to avoid catching falling knives. Generally, the “bottom-fishing” strategy through these lists has been proven profitable venture for some investors. Popeyes Louisana Kitchen Inc. (NASDAQ: PLKI) appeared on the 52-week low list over a couple of weeks ago.
The first step that the auditor should take is to gather as much information about any security procedures and policies that may have been in use following the information collected from the records available. Since each policy may have a different aspect that it works on, the findings from the audit may present evidence that may be vital in identifying the existing procedures or the absence of any policies or procedures. The existence of policies and procedures enables a company to reduce the occurrence or the impacts of a given risk. The lack of such policies may lead to reduced risk management
Conclusion After reviewing the information obtained through this report, it highlights the lack of regulation and their accounting practices which took place within Lehman Brothers. The accounting practices that were used within the bank were set by the tone at the top and show that the CFO’s during the 2000’s and going forward had plenty of knowledge of the Repo 105 transactions and had no great will to do anything about. The thinking at the time seemed to be, that the company had used this accounting practice for so long, that if there was something wrong it would have come up by now no point rocking the boat.
If there would be more checks and balances and segregation of duties, then the fraud has been prevented. In addition, if WorldCom have independent auditor then it would have also prevent fraud. 4. Which one person
1. I think what needs to be the focus on is Bernie Ebbers ambitions and greed to be one of the world’s most powerful individuals in the communication industry was ultimately his downfall. Ebber ability to falsely represent a transformational leadership style and his ability to persuade others to follow him was his strength. His country boy cowboy style and appealing personality made a bigger than life character. He was deemed someone that can do no wrong, in short, he was idealized by those who knew him.
Business risk of GSAP they are going to buy: that it will not fail o Business risk= more business risk means more variability in operating profit which means a higher beta so adjust the Beta coefficient to match it with the level of financial risk incurred by the company. • Beta: Sterling’s proposed acquisition is 0.99 (beta is leveraged on the debt/equity ratio) [Exhibit 7] • Growth opportunities were limited and its business was under constant pressure • The company’s annual sales volume (in units) had increased by less than 1% per year, because of weak growth in overall demand and other company competition, which gives consumers the ability to choose other products • Business risk of buying at $265 million: relevantly low (where there
Introduction The main objective of the paper is to develop a report for a shareholder that will interpret financial statements of Tesco Plc. for 2013-2014. The shareholder is specifically concerned about the fraudulent reporting. In this way, the paper will explain the reason of income statement and statement of financial position.
Name - Mayank Saxena Case write up: Louis Vuitton Executive Summary Louis Vuitton’s (LV) major source of revenue was Fashion and leather goods which was 35% as compared to other products and 20% of this revenue came from Japan, undoubtedly a strong hold in the Japanese markets, with that being said, there are a lot many opportunities for LV to exploit in terms of new and emerging markets like China and India, which have a lot of untapped potential. They can expand their market segment by targeting the middle class and upper middle class bracket, and diversify their target audience i.e. women by introducing clothing for men and children. The key to deal with the current situation of LV would be to reduce dependency on Japanese markets and