The conflict of interest inherent in self-regulation may well explain the massive under-reporting we uncovered.
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He also said emergency department figures were more accurate than police statistics which tended to suffer from under-reporting.
Mr Sharma admits that under-reporting of crime is a problem, but insists the government is working to address it.
The researchers say they will now look at the characteristics of those that are under-reporting the number of drinks they have had, and why.
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The professor said the difference in numbers could be down to an "under-reporting" of languages, partly through lack of awareness or "fear of stigmatisation".
The real amount is probably 10 times that due to under-reporting.
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The report stated that staff are still under-reporting such events, particularly in hospitals, and it criticised the lack of a regional system to evaluate and learn from adverse incidents.
She is concerned about "under-reporting" of children who go missing from care institutions and an insufficient focus on what happens to them if they are found safe and sound.
Similarly, new merchant card reporting requirements established this year should make it easier for the IRS to spot businesses that are either under-reporting receipts or not reporting at all.
Reasons for that under-reporting include fear of reprisals, an inability of those injured to identify their attackers, and a lack of faith in the police to take action, he added.
Across the board, they found that people in the high-power group strongly condemned such things as cheating, under-reporting taxes and keeping stolen property, while finding ways to rationalize committing the same actions themselves.
What if we had the right to have inaccurate data corrected (as we do with credit-reporting agencies under the Fair Credit Reporting Act)?
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And Sarbanes Oxley had the unintended consequence of putting a lot of companies under pink sheets so they became non-reporting.
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The Internal Revenue Service has a low-profile but sweeping effort under way to use state land-transfer records for evidence of omissions in reporting gifts of real estate to family members.
Under the old legacy reporting format, the non-commercials, or funds, were net long by 289, 250 lots.
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The market is "paying close attention to how much a weakening yen might have helped companies like Toyota as the earnings reporting season gets under way for the just-concluded fiscal period, " said Naoki Fujiwara, fund manager at Shinkin Asset Management.
For multinational companies reporting under GAAP and IFRS, there may be longer-term cost savings and improved investor relations from moving to one standard globally.
Under its EU-funded media project to improve the quality of election reporting in Jordan, UNESCO has partnered with the Jordan Media Institute (JMI) to conduct a five-day workshop to promote independent media coverage of the upcoming parliamentary elections on January 23, 2013.
That scandal was under a total court-issued gag order that barred the local media from reporting on it until last Thursday.
Obviously if the derivative assets were included in the balance sheet as they are under the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) rules, the price-to-book ratio would be significantly lower.
Interestingly, CNET is reporting that Roz Ho -- the exec who masterminded Kin under the codename "Pink" following Microsoft's acquisition of Danger -- will "oversee" her team's move over to Windows Phone 7 before taking a to-be-determined role elsewhere in the company.
But in the case of Iran, as I've said, there was a long period of non-reporting to the IAEA which was in violation of Iran's obligations under the NPT.
So employers need to set up their own reporting system or contract with vendors like Redline, whether they are covered under Sarbanes-Oxley or not.
Under Auditing Standard 5, passed in mid-2007, the audit of internal control over financial reporting is now integrated with the audit of the financial statements.
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While that program is riddled with problems, ranging from phony reporting to substandard construction, it appears to have put a floor under the real-estate market, analysts say.
She said HMIC had become more "independent" under Sir Denis O'Connor and its role would continue to change in future - including it reporting to Parliament rather than ministers.
New reporting requirements that stock exchanges have ordered in response to high-profile scandals, together with tougher auditing standards under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, have pushed boards and managers to become far more diligent in reporting accurate financial information.
Instead, according to a report that resulted from a 60-day government cybersecurity review ending in May, the cyber coordinator position will be "dual-hatted, " reporting to both the National Security Council and the National Economic Council under Obama's economic advisor Larry Summers.
Hot Topic, in the midst of restructuring its merchandise strategy to appeal to a younger and more pop-culture-oriented market, also missed expectations, reporting a sales increase of 0.4%, under the 1.7% estimate.
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