The Sarbanes - Oxley Act and Corporate Governance course

6.99 USD - by Intersog

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Versions

Initial release Sep 20, 2010
Current version (1.2) Jun 23, 2011

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Description

"#1 among 8 Educational iPhone Apps for Small Business Owners" - Mashable

Explore high-profile corporate scandals and learn the nuances of new corporate governance paradigms with Modern Finance: Scandals and New-Age C--Governance. This new app – developed as part of the Learning To-Go mobile education series –offers users a topical overview of progressions in modern corporate governance, adding to the canon of business / finance oriented courses available through INTERSOG LLC.

This unique mobile course outlines multiple contemporary corporate scandals and teaches the user how these scandals have affected developments in current finance and accounting legislation and practices. This in-depth mobile course also covers the significance of The Sarbanes-Oxley Act on corporate governance practices and financial reporting in full detail as well.

A self contained learning resource, the Modern Finance: Scandals and New-Age C–Governance app combines a full course text book – divided into five clear and concise sections – graphic learning aides, interactive flashcards, as well as comprehensive self-tests that together create a complete educational experience that works at the user’s pace.

Included Chapters:

•Accounting Scandals Bring About New Guidelines and Legislation
•Points of Controversy
•Recent Financial Restatements
•Stock Options Controversy: To Expense or Not to Expense
•FASB No. 123 (Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation)
•FASB No. 123R (revised 2004) Requires options expensing
•Stock Options Backdating: Illegal Practice
•FASB’s Consolidation Principles for special-purpose entities (SPEs)
•The New York Stock Exchange’ s corporate governance rules
•SEC Approves Rules to Address Analyst Conflicts
•SEC Tightens Its Deadlines for Disclosure
•The Association for Investment Management and Research’s Proposal: the objectivity of analysts' stock research
•The Sarbanes-Oxley act (Corporate Responsibility law)
•Corporate governance computer Software and Information Technologies
•Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act
•The SOX Section 302 and Section 906 Considerations
•Good Governance
•Corporate social responsibility
•Business ethics

Features:

•Full course text divided by chapter and section
•Interactive flashcards for subject review
•Comprehensive chapter-level tests
•Explanations of right and wrong answers
•Financial Tables
•Bookmarking capability
•Glossary
•No Internet connection requirement

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