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Tiro

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hi there!

OK let me take a deep breath first cuz i'm a bit panicky right now. i desparately need a topic in business ethics for my MBA thesis - one of my friends suggested something along the lines of the US sarbanes-oxley act focusing on the business ethics part of the process and how Asian companies are now trying to follow that standard. 2 questions:1) is this a good topic?
2) how do i go about collecting first hand info on this?
Could someone reply ASAP?
 
Re: Project in business ethics

The sarbanes-oxley act would be under the gamut of accounting and reporting practices in business. In India, we have adopted the GAAP (Generally Accepted Accounting standards and principles) system which is similar in many ways to sarbanes.

If you think you need to change the topic, you can visit knowledge@Wharton
http://knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu/category.cfm?cid=11 and check out the list of topics.


I'm not sure if this would qualify as first hand information, neverthless

Similar laws in other countries

  • Bill 198 - Ontario, Canada, version of Sarbanes-Oxley Act
  • J-SOX - Japanese version of Sarbanes-Oxley Act
  • CLERP9 - Australian Corporate reporting and disclosure law
  • LSF ("Loi sur la Sécurité Financière") - French version of Sarbanes-Oxley Act
  • L262/2005 ("Disposizioni per la tutela del risparmio e la disciplina dei mercati finanziari") - Italian version of Sarbanes-Oxley Act for financial services institutions
  • King Report - South African version on Corporate Governance
  1. ^ (Elisabeth Bumiller: "Bush Signs Bill Aimed at Fraud in Corporations", The New York Times, July 31, 2002, page A1).
  2. ^ Farrell, Greg. "America Robbed Blind." Wizard Academy Press: 2005
  3. ^ SEC Levitt Speech The Numbers Game
  4. ^ (Elisabeth Bumiller: "Bush Signs Bill Aimed at Fraud in Corporations", The New York Times, July 31, 2002, page A1).
  5. ^ Economist Article - "Five Years Under the Thumb"
  6. ^ FEI 2006 Survey of SOX 404 Costs
  7. ^ The SOX Debacle
  8. ^ IIA Research SOX Looking at the Benefits
  9. ^ The Effect of Internal Control Deficiencies on Firm Risk and Cost of Capital
  10. ^ Zhang-Economic Costs of SOX
  11. ^ Price fluctuations around SOX passage
  12. ^ The Effect of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (Section 404) Management's Report on Audit Fees, Accruals and Stock Returns
  13. ^ Bloomberg-Schumer report
  14. ^ http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=876624
  15. ^ PCAOB Auditing Standard No. 5
  16. ^ SEC Interpretive Guidance
  17. ^ SEC Advisory Cmte. Report - See charts on pages 33-34.
  18. ^ Dodd-Shelby Amendment
  19. ^ SEC Comment Letter Summary
 
Change of topic from business ethics

Thanks so much Kartik for your reply. I actually had a meeting with my project supervisor and got the hint that they are interested in marketing - i think that's why they kept blowing me off when i suggested a topic in business ethics; come on i though the idea was good =(. So, i have decided to switch to marketing.

Do you have any topics? 1 idea was marketing of B-schools in the cureent competitive market but i have a feeling it might be too sensitive to get info on a school other than mine. I want to do something that also takes into consideration the social side. I understand that it's better to come up with a topic on your own but I'm really clueless that's why i need help. Once I get a topic I know I'll be able to research it, but it's the topic that's so difficult! Basically the format is: I need a problem, first-hand data (collection) and management implications + recommendations; 50-100 pages and I have 6 months to complete the whole thing. Plus I'm not in India. Any ideas are greatly appreciated + sorry for the huge post.
 
Change of topic from business ethics

Thanks so much Kartik for your reply. I actually had a meeting with my project supervisor and got the hint that they are interested in marketing - i think that's why they kept blowing me off when i suggested a topic in business ethics; come on, i though the idea was good =(. So, i have decided to switch to marketing.

Do you have any topics? 1 idea was marketing of B-schools in the current competitive market but i have a feeling it might be too sensitive to get info on a school other than mine. I want to do something that also takes into consideration the social side. I understand that it's better to come up with a topic on your own but I'm really clueless that's why i need help. Once I get a topic I know I'll be able to research it, but it's the topic that's so difficult! Basically the format is: I need a problem, first-hand data (collection) and management implications + recommendations; 50-100 pages and 6 months to complete the whole thing. Plus I'm not in India. Any ideas are greatly appreciated + sorry for the huge post.
 
Re: Project in business ethics

Hi,

Even I wanted to write a case study on business ethics. Hope this thread will help me. Thank you friends!

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Re: Project in business ethics

$ vrush $ said:
hello friends i m uploading my 100 marks project on ethics in business check it once hope it will help u:SugarwareZ-109::censored:
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hiii dear....

even m making ma project on business ethics nd its impact on organisational performance....ur project is quite helpful for me...heartiest thankful for dat....

hey can u plz help me out on its impact on organisational performance???
 
I was not able to extract the zip file..I would appreciate if you could mail that to my mail id [email protected].

It would be more helpful on the project work that I am currently preparing for a presentation..thanks in advance Vrush..
 
no issues Vrush.. I was able to open the zip file..Apreciate the wonderful effort u have made to post the valuable info on thei forum..

Thanks a ton Again..
 
Tiro said:
hi there!

OK let me take a deep breath first cuz i'm a bit panicky right now. i desparately need a topic in business ethics for my MBA thesis - one of my friends suggested something along the lines of the US sarbanes-oxley act focusing on the business ethics part of the process and how Asian companies are now trying to follow that standard. 2 questions:1) is this a good topic?
2) how do i go about collecting first hand info on this?
Could someone reply ASAP?
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Hey friend, i know that you need project on business ethics, i tried to find something useful for your project. And finally i found some information which may be useful for you so that i am uploading it.
 

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