Sarbanes-Oxley established heightened standards for the boards and management of both public companies and public accounting firms.
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The audit committee was responsible for complying with parts of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, which, in response to the Enron, Tyco International, and WorldCom financial scandals, sought to establish new standards for corporate boards, management, and auditors.
Another 48% say it includes the management of governance issues (such as complying with regulations, maintaining ethical practices, and meeting accepted industry standards), and 41% say it includes the management of social issues (for instance, working conditions and labor standards).
The lack of standards for deep water drilling risk management will spawn a litter of over-reaching regulation.
"De Canio is fully aware of the high standards and objectives that the new management has set for the future of the club, " said chairman Gianni Paladini.
The PAC says it should be compulsory for all academies "to comply with basic standards of governance and financial management".
Family-controlled, secretive even by the standards of the drug industry, and with a reputation for arrogant management, Roche was never an attractive marriage partner.
Its curriculum-management software matches classroom lessons to state standards and can generate test items for on-the-fly diagnostic assessment.
Credit culture and disclosure are being improved, and prudential standards are being strengthened, for instance in risk concentration, connected lending and liquidity management.
Reform of financial institution supervision, notably lax lending standards and the need for a measured move towards greater transparency in credit and risk management, is being discussed at the meting.
Most towns and cities, rather than giving up on money-losing munis, will first try farming out management to private firms, hoping for a turnaround, or spruce up their courses to prevailing standards.
These options have now been ruled out for Thames Valley but, in future, mergers and takeovers should not be regarded as the last resort: it may well be the best and quickest solution for an ailing university to be absorbed by another with successful courses, high standards, good management and a strong image.
In fact, GAAP standards are now so intricate and complicated that their utilization is fraught with pitfalls for both management and investors.
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The AFL-CIO's representative on the Obama transition team for Labor is Deborah Greenfield, and we're told her first inspection stop was the Office of Labor-Management Standards, or OLMS, which monitors union compliance with federal law.
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