What is Sarbanes-Oxley?
Everything corporate employees must know to understand—and comply with—the Sarbanes-Oxley Act\ No law in recent memory has caused more confusion and apprehension in corporate America than the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOA). What Is Sarbanes-Oxley? is a concise, comprehensive overview of the act, filled with plain-English explanations of the vital details employees at every level must know and understand to help their firms achieve and maintain SOA compliance.\ Summarizing the text of the law for...
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Everything You Need to Know About the Sarbanes-Oxley Act—What It Is, What Your Company Must Do to Comply, and More The Sarbanes-Oxley Act is unquestionably important to corporate America. It can also be complex and confusing, for everyone from the employees who must be doubly aware of what they can—and cannot—do to the officers who must take legal responsibility for the actions, errors, and omissions of those employees. What is Sarbanes-Oxley? provides you with a plain-English overview of the Act to help ensure that your firm achieves and maintains top-to-bottom Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOA) compliance. Written in clear, concise, and readable language, with helpful checklists so that no requirements are overlooked, this SOA primer covers: Guidelines for ensuring that your company's policies, procedures, systems, and controls are Sarbanes-Oxley compliant Management certification responsibilities—and noncompliance penalties—under Sections 302, 404, and 906 Techniques for modifying existing control systems and programs to meet new SOA specifications Today's most competitive corporations—rather than view Sarbanes-Oxley as a painful and costly-to-implement headache—are using SOA as an opportunity to both revitalize their business practices and strengthen their competitive positions. Get the details of what your firm must understand to meet the requirements of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act in McGraw-Hill's straightforward primer What is Sarbanes-Oxley?Guy P. Lander is an attorney with Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg. A frequent speaker on the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, Lander is the author of several successful law books and former chairman of both the Committee on Securities Regulation and the Business Law Section for the New York State Bar Association. He lives in New York City. Soundview Executive Book Summaries In response to public outcry over the bankruptcies and huge accounting irregularities at corporate giants like Enron and WorldCom, President George W. Bush signed the "Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002," amending the U.S. securities and other laws in important ways. In What Is Sarbanes-Oxley?, attorney Guy P. Lander describes what the "Act" does and how it changed corporate governance, including the regulation of accounting firms that audit public companies, corporate reporting and enforcement. Copyright © 2004 Soundview Executive Book Summaries
1An overview of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act12Disclosure controls and procedures103Management's discussion and analysis234Non-GAAP financial measures (regulation G)355Real-time disclosures and increased SEC review of periodic reports426Corporate governance standards467The audit committee548Codes of conduct and ethics, governance guidelines659Other standards applicable to directors or officers6910Auditor independence7511Oversight board and regulation8512Attorney professional responsibility (Section 307)9013Employee whistle-blower protection9714Misconduct, penalties, and statutes of limitations100
\ Soundview Executive Book SummariesIn response to public outcry over the bankruptcies and huge accounting irregularities at corporate giants like Enron and WorldCom, President George W. Bush signed the "Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002," amending the U.S. securities and other laws in important ways. In What Is Sarbanes-Oxley?, attorney Guy P. Lander describes what the "Act" does and how it changed corporate governance, including the regulation of accounting firms that audit public companies, corporate reporting and enforcement. Copyright © 2004 Soundview Executive Book Summaries\ \
