Government Regulatory Measures

Government Regulatory Measures

Regulatory Measures

This assignment is a PowerPoint presentation with speaker’s notes. To prepare for this assignment, access and view the following tutorials: Microsoft PowerPoint Help Also view Speaker’s notes

Please note your PowerPoint presentation needs to have two separate parts.

  1. First, you will examine the Federal Sentencing Guidelines for Organizations (FSGO), the Sarbanes – Oxley Act (SOX), the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), and the Foreign Corruptions Practices Act (FCPA). In your presentation
    • Explain the events that led to each of these regulatory measures.
    • Describe the impact these laws have had on business ethics.
    • Illustrate your understanding by including examples in your presentation to support your points.
  2. For the second part of the assignment, use the Ashford University Library to choose an article that describes how one of the laws: FSGO, SOX, CFPB, or FCPA affected an organization. Be sure to choose an article that describes how the chosen law has a positive or negative effect on the organization.
    • Summarize the article
    • Describe the effects on the organization.

The presentation:

Must be 15 to 20 slides in length (not including the title slide and references slide) and formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.

  • Must include a separate title page with the following:
  • Title of presentation
  • Must use at least four scholarly sources in addition to the course text.
  • Must document all sources according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.
  • Must include a separate references page that is formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.

Carefully review the Grading Rubric (Links to an external site.) for the criteria that will be used to evaluate your assignment.

Gonzalez-Padron, T. (2015). Business ethics and social responsibility for managers[Electronic version]. Retrieved from https://content.ashford.edu/ the text book source

Answer preview

The internet brought a lot of issues in the stock market, where companies were using fraudulent ways to adjust their revenues and losses figures without being noticed to attract more investors. Later, a lot of outcries was heard from investors who had fallen victims of these activities, leading to the formation of various laws by the U.S. Congress to address this. Some of these laws include The Federal Sentencing Guidelines for Organizations (FSGO) and The Sarbanes – Oxley Act (SOX). Other laws that were aimed at protecting consumers include the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). The government also needed to ensure that companies from the U.S. conducted themselves ethically…

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