Executives of Southern California public companies said they’ve made great progress in complying with the one-year-old Sarbanes-Oxley Act. But they complained loudly about the costs to comply with the ...

The Public Company Accounting Reform and Investor Protections Act of 2002, 1 commonly known as the “Sarbanes-Oxley Act,” or “SOX” for short, has been in effect for twenty years, and as we celebrate ...

The accounting industry has been shaken up in the one year since the Sarbanes-Oxley Act was passed, though real changes are still some time off. Last year’s corporate scandals and the collapse of ...

Before beginning to create a comprehensive plan for the future, nonprofit groups should set aside four weeks to put into effect the practices encouraged by the Sarbanes-Oxley law, writes Peggy M.

Finding the Sarbanes-Oxley Act as difficult to swallow as bad-tasting medicine, many companies question the need for it. They might better question why it took an act of Congress to get companies to ...

Companies are increasingly turning to technology in their Sarbanes-Oxley Act compliance efforts in order to automate internal controls or streamline their activities, according to new research and ...

The outgoing head of the congressionally created panel that enforces Sarbanes-Oxley audit requirements yesterday defended the landmark law as a success in curbing corporate fraud, but he signaled that ...

Like tax accountants in April, software vendors are lining up to help companies comply with regulatory issues set forth in the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. IBM, Oracle and SAP are among the latest to ...

Four years ago, Michael Kamens joined Thermo Electron with marching orders to keep the $2 billion-plus maker of scientific instruments’ global network up and running. Fast-forward to now, and Kamens ...

The best answer to the question about who leads a company's compliance with the 2002 Sarbanes-Oxley Act's reporting requirements is that it depends on the company. For example, an internal audit group ...

While the law was written for publicly traded companies, some nonprofit groups have adopted many of the provisions included here. Many state and federal legislators are debating whether nonprofit ...

Nearly a year after implementation of the landmark Sarbanes-Oxley legislation, executives of Southern California public companies say they have made great progress in complying with the numerous ...