Government regulations
What recent government regulations have helped or hindered a firm’s ability to conduct its normal course of business, especially in the area of reporting requirements? Justify your answer. Start reviewing and responding to at least two of your classmates' postings as early in the week as possible. Participate in the discussion by asking a question, providing a statement of clarification, providing a point of view with a rationale, challenging an aspect of the discussion, or indicating a relationship between one or more lines of reasoning in the discussion. +500 words
Another example would be the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform Act passed in 2010 following the financial crisis of 2008 which called for a new set of rules designed to strengthen safeguards on consumer finance protection while increasing transparency across financial institutions. One major element was strengthening investor protection by transitioning much more registration information online through EDGAR (Electronic Data Gathering Analysis & Retrieval) filing system so that investors could look further into financial statements required by publicly traded companies— such as annual reports — before making an investment decision. While this could greatly benefit investors, it requires additional compliance efforts from companies leading them needing more personnel dedicated towards regulatory affairs which can increase overhead costs substantially without any direct revenues from such an expenditure .
Classmate 1: Another example of government regulations that have helped firms is The Sarbanes-Oxley Act implementation back in 2002 after Enron's accounting scandal occurred which held corporate executives accountable for properly assessing internal controls over financial reporting accuracy among other aspects under its scope. This improved confidence in corporate governance principles since stakeholders had assurance now that company leaders were obligated by law - thus having better quality oversight procedures backed up legally - even though those same regulations put extra burden operations wise due to added complexity costing both money & time investments..
Classmate 2: Yes I agree! And another one too would be International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) issued by International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) which provided increased transparency on how corporations reported earnings results worldwide along with consistent measurements & disclosure protocols across multinational industries given global economic growth pushing cross-border transactions requiring additional measures beyond domestic ones already established earlier prior years so overall consistency could remain despite different jurisdictions shifting Nature/ formality depending certain countries' local laws versus others..