Law 531 Corporate Compliance Plan Paper

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Corporate Compliance Plan for Riordan LAW/531 Rich D’Ambrosio April 5, 2009 Corporate Compliance Plan for Riordan Riordan Manufacturing, Inc. has assigned a Corporate Compliance Officer (CCO) to review the policies and procedures that are currently in place. The CCO will recommend changes and additions to these policies and procedures that will allow Riordan Manufacturing to be in compliance. These changes will assist in bringing the company forward and achieving “Best in Class” status. The recommended changes are discussed below. Alternative Dispute Resolution Clause Riordan should implement into the corporate polices an alternative dispute resolution clause. The clause will be “Any…show more content…
Riordan’s mission statement mentions keeping long-term relationships by maintaining rigorous quality control, innovative solutions, a responsive business attitude and reasonable pricing. For these objectives to be reached, Riordan needs to ensure products are being produced in a timely manner, are produced in good quality, and that new systems are integrated on a regular basis to streamline efficiency. Six Sigma at many organizations simply means a measure of quality that strives for near perfection. To achieve Six Sigma, a process must not produce more than 3.4 defects per million opportunities (Six Sigma, 2008). ISO standards require organizations to have documented policies and procedures in place for every step on the process. Documentation includes training and development records for everyone on a yearly basis. Increasing productivity in finance includes implementing a cohesive software package and operating system. Currently, the financial statement process is mostly manual and delaying the financial information by 15 – 20 days. These delays may it difficult to comply with Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) regulations. Manual processing allows for human…show more content…
Riordan is a public company that is responsible for complying with Sarbanes-Oxley regulations. Financial statements need to be filed in a timely manner. The statements need to be accurate. Officers and directors of the company need to sign off on the forms verifying that information is accurate to the best of their ability and that nothing has been omitted during the audit. The company needs to ensure that all checks and balances are in place as well as segregation of duties exist internally. Incorporating the software mentioned earlier will assist Riordan to comply with the SOX

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