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    Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX) for Non-Profit Organizations

    SARBANES-OXLEY ACT The Sarbanes-Oxley Act, often called SOX, is legislation that establishes standard practices in financial management for publicly traded corporations. Although the Act does not regulate nonprofit organizations, it has already had a tremendous impact on the way the third sector handles financial matters.

    Long-term incentives

    Describe the long-term incentive programs used in the healthcare industry. Clearly state the key elements essential for its success. Identify programs that are used mainly for the senior executives in an organization. Research various long-term programs that are used in an organization. Examine key elements essential for

    Business Law

    Will someone help me to understand these problems? I need to know what the issues are, the rule/law, application & conclusion drawn. Thanks. 7. Diana is up for promotion to Sales Manager at West Coast Products. The company presently has 12 female sales managers and 10 male sales managers. Diana is turned down for the prom

    Agency Law, Business Organizations, Partnerships & Corporations

    Is anyone able to help with these? Thanks. BUTLER: The Butler Telephone Company Inc. (Butler), contracted with the Sandidge Construction Company (Sandidge) to lay 18 miles of telephone cable in a rural area. In the contract, Butler reserved the right to inspect the work for compliance with the terms of the contract. Butle

    Torts, Products Liability, Intellectual Law & Internet Law

    I am trying to figure out what laws would be applicable here and if I were formatting these two issue into: ISSUE, RULE, APPLICATION, AND CONCLUSION, how would I do so for each situation? Thanks. MUSTANG A woman buys the Mustang, thinking it was an 8 cylinder based on the salesman's representation, is there a breach of e

    Legal Environment of Business

    The Telecommunications Group of DWI owns and Operates several local telephone companies. One service that DWI provides to its commercial customers is the use of "900 numbers" by which third-parties (clients of DWI customers) receive products & services. Billing for these products and services is delineated as charges owed to DWI

    Torts, Products liability, Intellectual Law and Internet Law

    I'm trying to understand the different kinds of laws in certain situations. What kinds of categories do these two scenarios fit in? Why? If putting in Issue, Application, Rule and Conclusion form, how would u respond to these? Thanks. EXERCISE ROOM A guest injured his shoulder when he lifted too much weight on the

    STAT

    A recent study by the Greater Los Angeles Taxi Drivers Association showed that the mean fare charged for service from Hermosa Beach to the Los Angeles International Airport is $18.00 and the standard deviation is $3.50. We select a sample of 15 fares. a. What is the likelihood that the sample mean is between $17.00 and $20.00

    The Legal Environment

    All ships owned by Denise's Enterprise Corp. (DE Co.) are flagged in the Bahamas and Liberia. The "flag of convenience" rules have both public law and private law implications. Private law comes into play in the employer-employee, passenger contract, and cargo contract obligations of the ship. Public law also interfaces with the

    Sarbanes-Oxley requirements

    What are the key internal and external factors that need to be considered when designing a control system for organizations and how have control systems been changed by Sarbanes-Oxley requirements?

    What are the differences among lost, misplaced, and abandoned property

    Finders Weepers, Losers Keepers The News Journal, July 20, 2000. In 1943, During World War II, a Navy TBD-1 Devastator crashed eight miles of the coast of Florida. The entire crew survived and there is no indication that any efforts were made to locate the plane by the Navy. Collector Doug Champlin, the owner of an airplan

    Property & Property Rights and Issues

    1. Use some type of property the you own (tangible or intangible, real or personal) and explain what rights you have relating to that property, and what rights others have to that property. I thought I would use my house. 2. How is insurance similar to a trust? 3. Why are holographic wills often recognized as valid, e

    Uniform Law for Computer Information Transactions

    Please address the questions at the end of the scenario. Thank you. Details: Uniform Law for Computer Info Transactions is Offered National Law Journal, August 30, 1999. After more than 10 years of proposals, revisions and re-revisions, the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws (NCCUSL) at long l

    John D.R. Leonard vs. Pepsi Co.

    Please provide assistance with the questions at the end of the scenario. Thank you. Scenario: You are still working for the City of Bigtown's Counsel, and it seems that your work largely involves shooting down the mayor's "creative" ideas to boost tourism. He is taken with the idea of an advertising campaign developed

    The mayor is taken with the idea of an advertising campaign developed around auctioning your city on eBay! He thinks that no one will take the auction seriously but that people will come to Bigtown to satisfy their curiosity.

    The mayor is taken with the idea of an advertising campaign developed around auctioning your city on eBay! He thinks that no one will take the auction seriously but that people will come to Bigtown to satisfy their curiosity. As you and your boss are rolling your eyes at each other, you remember a similar situation - the Pepsi

    Bidder's Edge

    Your sister has come up with what she thinks is a brilliant idea for a home-based business - a website which helps lonely people find their perfect match by comparing different singles website services. She intends to link to some of the top dating sites, several alternative ones, and a few regional ones. While she explains her

    Salt Lake City Olympics Bribery and Bigtown

    You work for the city of Bigtown's legal department. Bigtown has been trying for years to attract more convention business, but it has been unsuccessful to date. The new mayor was voted in on the tagline, "I'll make Bigtown the place to see and be seen." It's been six months since the mayor's inauguration, but tourism is, if

    Definition of the Rights of Health Providers

    1. Given that rights have dominated several healthcare debates, how would you define rights as a healthcare provider and why? 2. What are the consequences of your definition? 3. What type of patient-provider model would best accommodate your definition of rights? 4. If rights also produce obligations - how can both pati

    Patient Bill of Rights

    Use the Internet, your course resources, to complete the following tasks. In theory, once one understood the right, one should be able to reason out the correlative obligations. List at least two obligations to each of the items found in A Patient's Bill of Rights. Which of the included patient's rights are currently provided

    "Bona Fide Occupational Qualification"

    What is the concept of a "bona fide occupational qualification" as it relates to employment discrimination, and give examples of when a "bona fide occupational qualification" would permit an employer to discriminate based on gender and religion?

    Concept of Separation of Powers

    A basic concept set out in the U.S. Constitution is "separation of powers." What is the meaning of this concept and why it is essential to our form of government?

    Contracts

    What are the essential elements needed to create a legally binding contract? What remedies would you have as a party to a contract when the other party fails to perform its obligations as set out in the contract?

    Supplier sued Grocery for breach of contract

    Supplier, Inc., a large wholesaler, had a contract with Grocery. Supplier sued Grocery for breach of contract when Grocery failed to place an order for goods by a specific date as specified in the contract. Each order was to be worth at least $550. Grocery contended that the contract Bill Green signed was a standard preprinted s