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Webcasts
Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance Leveraging Automated Control Objective Auditing
Jan 2009
The attendee of this webcast will gain the insights and guidance one need to measure compliance, reduce manual efforts, and streamline executive and auditor reporting.
Provided by nCircle
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Webcasts
SOX, GLBA and HIPAA: Multiple Regulations, One Compliance Solution
Jan 2009
SOX, GLBA and HIPAA regulations all require technical safeguards to protect or guarantee the veracity of critical information. With SOX, it's for public companies to guarantee accurate financial...
Provided by Tripwire
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Webcasts
The Price of Not Complying With GLBA
Sep 2005
The Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (GLBA) requires financial institutions to create and maintain an information security program to protect customer information. This webcast highlights GLBA and...
Provided by Tripwire
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White Papers
HIPAA Compliance: An Examination of Institutional and Market Forces
Jun 2009
One would think that the enactment of the HIPAA, with its mandates on data security and privacy, would have brought a major shift in the security management practices within the US healthcare....
Provided by Dartmouth College
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White Papers
HIPAA Compliance in Home Health: A Neo-Institutional Theoretic Perspective
Nov 2009
As the baby boomers age and the focus of healthcare shifts from acute care to chronic care, home healthcare will become increasingly important in controlling cost and improving quality. Health IT...
Provided by Dartmouth College
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White Papers
Which Hospitals Are Complying With HIPAA: An Empirical Investigation of US Hospitals
Dec 2008
Since the passage of HIPAA regulation, US hospitals have gone on a high gear by investing organizational resources on HIPAA policy and procedures, information technologies, and information privacy...
Provided by Dartmouth College
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White Papers
The Sarbanes Oxley Act of 2002: Implications for Compensation Contracts and Managerial Risk-Taking
Sep 2009
This paper shows that the period following the passage of the Sarbanes Oxley Act of 2002 (SOX) is associated with a significant reduction in compensation-based incentives to take risk, which is...
Provided by New York University
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White Papers
What Critiques of Sarbanes-Oxley Can Teach About Regulation of Nonprofit Governance
Mar 2008
Nonprofit corporations, of course, are not alone in having to satisfy both federal and state regulators. The history of regulation in this sector, combining state corporate law with federal tax...
Provided by New York University
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White Papers
The "Numbers Game" in the Pre and Post-Sarbanes-Oxley Eras
Aug 2008
This paper document a decline in the frequency of just meeting/beating analysts' earnings expectations in the aftermath of the 2001-2002 accounting scandals and the passage of the 2002...
Provided by New York University
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White Papers
Study of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 Section 404: Internal Control Over Financial Reporting Requirements
Sep 2009
The Public Company Accounting Reform and Investor Protection Act, otherwise known as the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (the "Act"), was enacted in July 2002 after a series of high-profile corporate scandals...
Provided by U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
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White Papers
The Sarbanes-Oxley Debacle
Jul 2008
The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (SOX) emerged from the spectacular crashes of Enron, WorldCom, and other corporations after the bursting of the dot.com stock market bubble. Enron and WorldCom...
Provided by American Enterprise Institute
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White Papers
Reducing the Time and Costs Associated With Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance
Feb 2009
Today, the Sarbanes-Oxley Act has significantly impacted most US publicly-traded companies, as well as companies across the globe. The Sarbanes-Oxley Act mandates executive responsibility for...
Provided by Embarcadero Technologies
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White Papers
Electronic Records, Electronic Documents, Digital Signatures
Jan 2009
The SOX requirements create an impact on corporate IT systems, practices and controls. It specifically affects data center operations, system software maintenance, application development and...
Provided by SoluSoft Technology
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White Papers
The Impact of Sarbanes-Oxley Act
Oct 2008
The Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX) was signed into law in July 2002, with the express purpose of restoring public confidence in corporate financial statements. Prior to the enactment of Sox, investors...
Provided by Savannah State University
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White Papers
The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and Its Impact on the Attorney-Client Privilege and Legal Ethics
Oct 2008
The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 was passed in an effort to achieve more transparency for public companies, avoid conflict of interests in auditing and accounting areas, and to restore public...
Provided by University of Findlay
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White Papers
One of the Prime Beneficiaries of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002: The London Stock Exchange!
Oct 2008
In the late 1990's, financial markets in the United States (U S) were rocked by accounting scandals in companies such as Enron and WorldCom. Public confidence in American business was at low ebb....
Provided by University of Louisiana
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White Papers
The Impact of the Sarbanes Oxley Act in American Universities
Sep 2008
The accounting profession in the United States has been significantly affected by the passage of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. The purpose of this paper is to explore the extent to which accounting...
Provided by Auburn University
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White Papers
Driving Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance Through the StealthWatch System
Nov 2009
The Sarbanes-Oxley Act requires that senior managers personally vouch for the accuracy of corporate financial statements. A key part of compliance, therefore, is proof that the data supporting...
Provided by Lancope
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White Papers
The Economic Benefits of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act?: Evidence From a Natural Experiment
Dec 2009
Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX) requires firms with a public float over $75 million during 2002-2004 to file management reports beginning in 2004, but firms with a smaller float in...
Provided by Boston College
-
White Papers
Changes in Bonus Contracts in the Post-Sarbanes-Oxley Era
Nov 2007
This paper examine whether the relation between earnings and bonuses changes after Sarbanes-Oxley. Theory predicts that, as the financial reporting system reduces the discretion allowed managers,...
Provided by University of Pennsylvania
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White Papers
The Robustness of the Sarbanes Oxley Effect on the U.S. Capital Market
Sep 2008
This paper re-evaluate the effects of the Sarbanes Oxley Act (SOX) on the number of exchange-traded firms in the U.S. capital market, taking into account general market conditions and firm...
Provided by University of New Hampshire
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White Papers
Seventh Amendment: Sarbanes-Oxley Act Whistleblower Claims and Jury Trials
Jul 2009
In the early part of the twenty-first century, corporate fraud and greed led to the downfall of two major multinational corporations, Enron and WorldCom. Corporate scandals caught the attention of...
Provided by University of Pennsylvania
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White Papers
Discussion of 'A Lobbying Approach to Evaluating the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002'
Nov 2008
In a fascinating study of lobbying activity during and following the passage of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (SOX), Hochberg, Sapienza and Vissing-Jørgensen (2008) (henceforth, HSVJ) uncover...
Provided by Ohio State University
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White Papers
Assessment of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act on the Firm Using a Difference-in-Difference Estimator
Sep 2009
The Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX) of 2002 which is also known as the Public Company Accounting Reform and Investor Protection Act promulgates the importance of effective internal control systems after...
Provided by University of Florida
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White Papers
Sarbanes-Oxley: A Review of the Empirical Evidence and a Proposal for Reform
Apr 2008
At the signing ceremony for the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, President Bush referred to the legislation as "The most far-reaching reforms of American business practices since the time of Franklin...
Provided by University of Pittsburgh
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White Papers
Does Sarbanes-Oxley Act Chase Away Foreign Firms?: Evidence From ADR Terminations
Apr 2009
This paper provides empirical evidence of the impact of Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (SOX) on the determinants of American Depositary Receipts (ADR) terminations between 2000 and 2004. The results...
Provided by University of St. Thomas
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White Papers
A Sarbanes-Oxley Approach to the Credit Crisis
Oct 2008
The United States is in the midst of the worst credit crisis in the last 25 years. On July 31, 2008, President Bush signed into law the Housing and Economic Recovery Act (HERA), a new law aimed at...
Provided by University of Idaho
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White Papers
Should Provisions of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 Apply to Local Governments in Order to Improve Accountability and Transparency?
Oct 2007
The Government Accounting Office recently issued revised guidelines to auditors on how to define and report on internal control weaknesses in government audits. However, it is believed that the...
Provided by Valdosta State University
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Whitepapers
A Tour of HP Sarbanes-Oxley IT Assessment Accelerator
Apr 2009
Although Sarbanes-Oxley is a finance-driven initiative, IT plays an integral part given the fact that IT systems support financial processes. As such, these two groups need to work together under...
Provided by Hewlett-Packard (HP)
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White Papers
The Sarbanes-Oxley Act and Small Public Companies
Jan 2008
This study constructs measures of costs as well as benefits of implementing Section 404 for small public companies. This paper provides a comprehensive measure of Section 404 costs by developing...
Provided by Stanford University
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Whitepapers
The Real Costs of Sarbanes Oxley
Jan 2008
This paper introduces and empirically assesses the real costs associated with Sarbanes-Oxley. After providing a brief overview of Sarbanes Oxley in the first section, a theoretical framework for...
Provided by McAfee
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White Papers
Discussion of a Lobbying Approach to Evaluating the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
Mar 2009
President Roosevelt allegedly issued this quip after having engaged in a lengthy exchange with a visiting business delegation. While the story (true or not) may be apocryphal, it illuminates a...
Provided by University of Chicago
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White Papers
A Lobbying Approach to Evaluating the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
Feb 2008
This paper evaluates the impact of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX) on shareholders by studying the lobbying behavior of investors and corporate insiders in order to affect the final implemented rules...
Provided by University of Chicago
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White Papers
The Impact of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act on Australian Listed Firms
Dec 2008
In the wake of a series of corporate and accounting scandals, the US government enacted the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (2002) (SOX) to improve corporate governance practices. Significantly, foreign...
Provided by University of New South Wales
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White Papers
Sarbanes-Oxley, Governance and Performance
Sep 2009
The author studies the impact of Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX) on the relationship between corporate governance and company performance. Five measures of corporate governance are considered during the...
Provided by University of Colorado
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White Papers
Regulation and Sarbanes-Oxley
May 2009
This paper will begin by summarizing the arguments for regulation that have been made in the literature. The paper will then consider whether these arguments apply to SOX. The author will suggest...
Provided by University of Chicago
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White Papers
The Effect of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act on CEO Pay for Luck
Jun 2008
According to the rent-extraction hypothesis, weak corporate governance allows entrenched CEOs to capture the pay-setting process and benefit from events outside of their control - get paid for...
Provided by Bank of Canada
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White Papers
The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002: Implications for Market Efficiency and Analysts' Performance
Nov 2007
The Sarbanes-Oxley Act, enacted as a response to the multiple cases of corporate fraud during the years 2001-2002, is considered to be one of the most important re-forms in the corporate...
Provided by Tilburg University
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White Papers
Automating Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance Testing for SAP Applications
Oct 2008
The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 changed the way publicly held companies manage and, more importantly, control their business. For most companies, the most costly aspect of the legislation is...
Provided by Worksoft
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White Papers
Sarbanes-Oxley and Incentive Compensation Management
Sep 2008
The Sarbanes-Oxley Act (better known as SOX, but officially known as the Public Company Accounting Reform and Investor Protection Act of 2002) requires companies to establish and maintain internal...
Provided by Xactly
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White Papers
HIPAA Compliance and Intronis Online Backup + Recovery
Feb 2010
Patient privacy has become a major topic of concern over the past several years. With the majority of patient information being transferred over to digital format to improve the convenience,...
Provided by Intronis
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White Papers
eCopy and the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)
Jun 2010
Although healthcare providers have a long tradition of respect for individual privacy, consumers want assurances that their personal health information remains accessible only to those with a...
Provided by eCopy
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White Papers
Test Strategies for HIPAA Compliancy
Aug 2009
If the search for information on testing HIPAA compliant applications, the will find a number of overviews on HIPAA, but very little information on how to approach testing software to ensure that...
Provided by Macadamian
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White Papers
How to Select a KVM Over IP System to Assist With HIPAA Compliance
Nov 2010
With the enactment of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) of 1996 by the U.S. Congress, information security became a top priority for every IT organization and...
Provided by Emerson
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White Papers
ICD-10 and HIPAA 5010
Aug 2009
The US Healthcare system has endeavored to give codes are deeply embedded as part of the coding, providers a systematic way to classify diseases in reporting, and reimbursement methodology in use...
Provided by IDG (International Data Group)
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White Papers
HIPAA Transaction Code Set 5010: Implications and Opportunities
May 2009
The intent of this paper is to facilitate understanding of the challenges and advantages around the implementation of the Accredited Standards Committee (ASC) X12 005010 Technical Report Type 3s...
Provided by Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society
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White Papers
The Federal Privacy Act of 1974 and HIPAA Privacy Rule of 1996: A Comparison
Sep 2007
While health care providers have a long tradition of safeguarding private health information, protection of patient rights has recently been at the forefront of discussion. The old system of...
Provided by State of California
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White Papers
PhDx Systems and HIPAA
Aug 2007
Today, health plans, hospitals, pharmacies, doctors and other health care entities use a wide array of systems to process and track health care bills and other information. Each time a patient...
Provided by PhDx Systems
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White Papers
The Echoworx Healthcare Encryption Solution Helps You to Comply to HIPAA Regulations
Jan 2010
Businesses including Healthcare organiza3ons are required by law to protect vital email and data communica3ons. Healthcare providers, lawyers, financial advisors, accountants, educators, and other...
Provided by Echoworx
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White Papers
Sarbanes-Oxley Section 404 Internal Controls and Actuarial Processes
Aug 2008
The passage and implementation of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 was the most significant landmark legislation in securities regulation and corporate governance in the US since the SEC Act of...
Provided by Casualty Actuarial Society
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White Papers
Compliance With Sarbanes-Oxley Requires Formal Ethics Training: Are You Doing It?
Sep 2007
This paper focuses on the business environment post Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (SOX). The premise of this paper is that after decades of an eroding of regulations to prevent corporate and personal...
Provided by Nova Southeastern University
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White Papers
An Unfair Burden or Economic Darwinism?: The Impact of Sarbanes-Oxley Section 404 on Smaller Public Companies
Mar 2008
The crumbling of Enron from within severely damaged investor confidence in US Capital Markets. The Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX) tightened the regulation of publicly traded companies in an effort to...
Provided by College of Charleston
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White Papers
Sarbanes-Oxley and Incentive Compensation Management
Sep 2008
The Sarbanes-Oxley Act (better known as SOX, but officially known as the Public Company Accounting Reform and Investor Protection Act of 2002) requires companies to establish and maintain internal...
Provided by Xactly
-
White Papers
Automating Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance Testing for SAP Applications
Oct 2008
The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 changed the way publicly held companies manage and, more importantly, control their business. For most companies, the most costly aspect of the legislation is...
Provided by Worksoft
-
White Papers
The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002: Implications for Market Efficiency and Analysts' Performance
Nov 2007
The Sarbanes-Oxley Act, enacted as a response to the multiple cases of corporate fraud during the years 2001-2002, is considered to be one of the most important re-forms in the corporate...
Provided by Tilburg University
-
White Papers
The Effect of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act on CEO Pay for Luck
Jun 2008
According to the rent-extraction hypothesis, weak corporate governance allows entrenched CEOs to capture the pay-setting process and benefit from events outside of their control - get paid for...
Provided by Bank of Canada
-
White Papers
Regulation and Sarbanes-Oxley
May 2009
This paper will begin by summarizing the arguments for regulation that have been made in the literature. The paper will then consider whether these arguments apply to SOX. The author will suggest...
Provided by University of Chicago
-
White Papers
Sarbanes-Oxley, Governance and Performance
Sep 2009
The author studies the impact of Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX) on the relationship between corporate governance and company performance. Five measures of corporate governance are considered during the...
Provided by University of Colorado
-
White Papers
The Impact of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act on Australian Listed Firms
Dec 2008
In the wake of a series of corporate and accounting scandals, the US government enacted the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (2002) (SOX) to improve corporate governance practices. Significantly, foreign...
Provided by University of New South Wales
-
White Papers
A Lobbying Approach to Evaluating the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
Feb 2008
This paper evaluates the impact of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX) on shareholders by studying the lobbying behavior of investors and corporate insiders in order to affect the final implemented rules...
Provided by University of Chicago
-
White Papers
Discussion of a Lobbying Approach to Evaluating the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
Mar 2009
President Roosevelt allegedly issued this quip after having engaged in a lengthy exchange with a visiting business delegation. While the story (true or not) may be apocryphal, it illuminates a...
Provided by University of Chicago
-
Whitepapers
The Real Costs of Sarbanes Oxley
Jan 2008
This paper introduces and empirically assesses the real costs associated with Sarbanes-Oxley. After providing a brief overview of Sarbanes Oxley in the first section, a theoretical framework for...
Provided by McAfee
-
White Papers
The Sarbanes-Oxley Act and Small Public Companies
Jan 2008
This study constructs measures of costs as well as benefits of implementing Section 404 for small public companies. This paper provides a comprehensive measure of Section 404 costs by developing...
Provided by Stanford University
-
Whitepapers
A Tour of HP Sarbanes-Oxley IT Assessment Accelerator
Apr 2009
Although Sarbanes-Oxley is a finance-driven initiative, IT plays an integral part given the fact that IT systems support financial processes. As such, these two groups need to work together under...
Provided by Hewlett-Packard (HP)
-
White Papers
Should Provisions of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 Apply to Local Governments in Order to Improve Accountability and Transparency?
Oct 2007
The Government Accounting Office recently issued revised guidelines to auditors on how to define and report on internal control weaknesses in government audits. However, it is believed that the...
Provided by Valdosta State University
-
White Papers
A Sarbanes-Oxley Approach to the Credit Crisis
Oct 2008
The United States is in the midst of the worst credit crisis in the last 25 years. On July 31, 2008, President Bush signed into law the Housing and Economic Recovery Act (HERA), a new law aimed at...
Provided by University of Idaho
-
White Papers
Does Sarbanes-Oxley Act Chase Away Foreign Firms?: Evidence From ADR Terminations
Apr 2009
This paper provides empirical evidence of the impact of Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (SOX) on the determinants of American Depositary Receipts (ADR) terminations between 2000 and 2004. The results...
Provided by University of St. Thomas
-
White Papers
Sarbanes-Oxley: A Review of the Empirical Evidence and a Proposal for Reform
Apr 2008
At the signing ceremony for the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, President Bush referred to the legislation as "The most far-reaching reforms of American business practices since the time of Franklin...
Provided by University of Pittsburgh
-
White Papers
Assessment of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act on the Firm Using a Difference-in-Difference Estimator
Sep 2009
The Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX) of 2002 which is also known as the Public Company Accounting Reform and Investor Protection Act promulgates the importance of effective internal control systems after...
Provided by University of Florida
-
White Papers
Discussion of 'A Lobbying Approach to Evaluating the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002'
Nov 2008
In a fascinating study of lobbying activity during and following the passage of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (SOX), Hochberg, Sapienza and Vissing-Jørgensen (2008) (henceforth, HSVJ) uncover...
Provided by Ohio State University
-
White Papers
Seventh Amendment: Sarbanes-Oxley Act Whistleblower Claims and Jury Trials
Jul 2009
In the early part of the twenty-first century, corporate fraud and greed led to the downfall of two major multinational corporations, Enron and WorldCom. Corporate scandals caught the attention of...
Provided by University of Pennsylvania
-
White Papers
The Robustness of the Sarbanes Oxley Effect on the U.S. Capital Market
Sep 2008
This paper re-evaluate the effects of the Sarbanes Oxley Act (SOX) on the number of exchange-traded firms in the U.S. capital market, taking into account general market conditions and firm...
Provided by University of New Hampshire
-
White Papers
Changes in Bonus Contracts in the Post-Sarbanes-Oxley Era
Nov 2007
This paper examine whether the relation between earnings and bonuses changes after Sarbanes-Oxley. Theory predicts that, as the financial reporting system reduces the discretion allowed managers,...
Provided by University of Pennsylvania
-
White Papers
The Economic Benefits of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act?: Evidence From a Natural Experiment
Dec 2009
Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX) requires firms with a public float over $75 million during 2002-2004 to file management reports beginning in 2004, but firms with a smaller float in...
Provided by Boston College
-
White Papers
Driving Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance Through the StealthWatch System
Nov 2009
The Sarbanes-Oxley Act requires that senior managers personally vouch for the accuracy of corporate financial statements. A key part of compliance, therefore, is proof that the data supporting...
Provided by Lancope
-
White Papers
The Impact of the Sarbanes Oxley Act in American Universities
Sep 2008
The accounting profession in the United States has been significantly affected by the passage of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. The purpose of this paper is to explore the extent to which accounting...
Provided by Auburn University
-
White Papers
One of the Prime Beneficiaries of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002: The London Stock Exchange!
Oct 2008
In the late 1990's, financial markets in the United States (U S) were rocked by accounting scandals in companies such as Enron and WorldCom. Public confidence in American business was at low ebb....
Provided by University of Louisiana
-
White Papers
The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and Its Impact on the Attorney-Client Privilege and Legal Ethics
Oct 2008
The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 was passed in an effort to achieve more transparency for public companies, avoid conflict of interests in auditing and accounting areas, and to restore public...
Provided by University of Findlay
-
White Papers
The Impact of Sarbanes-Oxley Act
Oct 2008
The Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX) was signed into law in July 2002, with the express purpose of restoring public confidence in corporate financial statements. Prior to the enactment of Sox, investors...
Provided by Savannah State University
-
White Papers
Electronic Records, Electronic Documents, Digital Signatures
Jan 2009
The SOX requirements create an impact on corporate IT systems, practices and controls. It specifically affects data center operations, system software maintenance, application development and...
Provided by SoluSoft Technology
-
Webcasts
Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance Leveraging Automated Control Objective Auditing
Jan 2009
The attendee of this webcast will gain the insights and guidance one need to measure compliance, reduce manual efforts, and streamline executive and auditor reporting.
Provided by nCircle
-
Webcasts
SOX, GLBA and HIPAA: Multiple Regulations, One Compliance Solution
Jan 2009
SOX, GLBA and HIPAA regulations all require technical safeguards to protect or guarantee the veracity of critical information. With SOX, it's for public companies to guarantee accurate financial...
Provided by Tripwire
-
Webcasts
The Price of Not Complying With GLBA
Sep 2005
The Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (GLBA) requires financial institutions to create and maintain an information security program to protect customer information. This webcast highlights GLBA and...
Provided by Tripwire
-
White Papers
HIPAA Compliance: An Examination of Institutional and Market Forces
Jun 2009
One would think that the enactment of the HIPAA, with its mandates on data security and privacy, would have brought a major shift in the security management practices within the US healthcare....
Provided by Dartmouth College
-
White Papers
HIPAA Compliance in Home Health: A Neo-Institutional Theoretic Perspective
Nov 2009
As the baby boomers age and the focus of healthcare shifts from acute care to chronic care, home healthcare will become increasingly important in controlling cost and improving quality. Health IT...
Provided by Dartmouth College
-
White Papers
Which Hospitals Are Complying With HIPAA: An Empirical Investigation of US Hospitals
Dec 2008
Since the passage of HIPAA regulation, US hospitals have gone on a high gear by investing organizational resources on HIPAA policy and procedures, information technologies, and information privacy...
Provided by Dartmouth College
-
White Papers
The Sarbanes Oxley Act of 2002: Implications for Compensation Contracts and Managerial Risk-Taking
Sep 2009
This paper shows that the period following the passage of the Sarbanes Oxley Act of 2002 (SOX) is associated with a significant reduction in compensation-based incentives to take risk, which is...
Provided by New York University
-
White Papers
What Critiques of Sarbanes-Oxley Can Teach About Regulation of Nonprofit Governance
Mar 2008
Nonprofit corporations, of course, are not alone in having to satisfy both federal and state regulators. The history of regulation in this sector, combining state corporate law with federal tax...
Provided by New York University
-
White Papers
The "Numbers Game" in the Pre and Post-Sarbanes-Oxley Eras
Aug 2008
This paper document a decline in the frequency of just meeting/beating analysts' earnings expectations in the aftermath of the 2001-2002 accounting scandals and the passage of the 2002...
Provided by New York University
-
White Papers
Study of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 Section 404: Internal Control Over Financial Reporting Requirements
Sep 2009
The Public Company Accounting Reform and Investor Protection Act, otherwise known as the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (the "Act"), was enacted in July 2002 after a series of high-profile corporate scandals...
Provided by U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
-
White Papers
The Sarbanes-Oxley Debacle
Jul 2008
The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (SOX) emerged from the spectacular crashes of Enron, WorldCom, and other corporations after the bursting of the dot.com stock market bubble. Enron and WorldCom...
Provided by American Enterprise Institute
-
White Papers
Reducing the Time and Costs Associated With Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance
Feb 2009
Today, the Sarbanes-Oxley Act has significantly impacted most US publicly-traded companies, as well as companies across the globe. The Sarbanes-Oxley Act mandates executive responsibility for...
Provided by Embarcadero Technologies
-
White Papers
Electronic Records, Electronic Documents, Digital Signatures
Jan 2009
The SOX requirements create an impact on corporate IT systems, practices and controls. It specifically affects data center operations, system software maintenance, application development and...
Provided by SoluSoft Technology
-
White Papers
The Impact of Sarbanes-Oxley Act
Oct 2008
The Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX) was signed into law in July 2002, with the express purpose of restoring public confidence in corporate financial statements. Prior to the enactment of Sox, investors...
Provided by Savannah State University
-
White Papers
The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and Its Impact on the Attorney-Client Privilege and Legal Ethics
Oct 2008
The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 was passed in an effort to achieve more transparency for public companies, avoid conflict of interests in auditing and accounting areas, and to restore public...
Provided by University of Findlay
-
White Papers
One of the Prime Beneficiaries of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002: The London Stock Exchange!
Oct 2008
In the late 1990's, financial markets in the United States (U S) were rocked by accounting scandals in companies such as Enron and WorldCom. Public confidence in American business was at low ebb....
Provided by University of Louisiana
-
White Papers
The Impact of the Sarbanes Oxley Act in American Universities
Sep 2008
The accounting profession in the United States has been significantly affected by the passage of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. The purpose of this paper is to explore the extent to which accounting...
Provided by Auburn University
-
White Papers
Driving Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance Through the StealthWatch System
Nov 2009
The Sarbanes-Oxley Act requires that senior managers personally vouch for the accuracy of corporate financial statements. A key part of compliance, therefore, is proof that the data supporting...
Provided by Lancope
-
White Papers
The Economic Benefits of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act?: Evidence From a Natural Experiment
Dec 2009
Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX) requires firms with a public float over $75 million during 2002-2004 to file management reports beginning in 2004, but firms with a smaller float in...
Provided by Boston College
-
White Papers
Changes in Bonus Contracts in the Post-Sarbanes-Oxley Era
Nov 2007
This paper examine whether the relation between earnings and bonuses changes after Sarbanes-Oxley. Theory predicts that, as the financial reporting system reduces the discretion allowed managers,...
Provided by University of Pennsylvania
-
White Papers
The Robustness of the Sarbanes Oxley Effect on the U.S. Capital Market
Sep 2008
This paper re-evaluate the effects of the Sarbanes Oxley Act (SOX) on the number of exchange-traded firms in the U.S. capital market, taking into account general market conditions and firm...
Provided by University of New Hampshire
-
White Papers
Seventh Amendment: Sarbanes-Oxley Act Whistleblower Claims and Jury Trials
Jul 2009
In the early part of the twenty-first century, corporate fraud and greed led to the downfall of two major multinational corporations, Enron and WorldCom. Corporate scandals caught the attention of...
Provided by University of Pennsylvania
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White Papers
Discussion of 'A Lobbying Approach to Evaluating the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002'
Nov 2008
In a fascinating study of lobbying activity during and following the passage of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (SOX), Hochberg, Sapienza and Vissing-Jørgensen (2008) (henceforth, HSVJ) uncover...
Provided by Ohio State University
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White Papers
Assessment of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act on the Firm Using a Difference-in-Difference Estimator
Sep 2009
The Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX) of 2002 which is also known as the Public Company Accounting Reform and Investor Protection Act promulgates the importance of effective internal control systems after...
Provided by University of Florida
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White Papers
Sarbanes-Oxley: A Review of the Empirical Evidence and a Proposal for Reform
Apr 2008
At the signing ceremony for the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, President Bush referred to the legislation as "The most far-reaching reforms of American business practices since the time of Franklin...
Provided by University of Pittsburgh
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White Papers
Does Sarbanes-Oxley Act Chase Away Foreign Firms?: Evidence From ADR Terminations
Apr 2009
This paper provides empirical evidence of the impact of Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (SOX) on the determinants of American Depositary Receipts (ADR) terminations between 2000 and 2004. The results...
Provided by University of St. Thomas
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White Papers
A Sarbanes-Oxley Approach to the Credit Crisis
Oct 2008
The United States is in the midst of the worst credit crisis in the last 25 years. On July 31, 2008, President Bush signed into law the Housing and Economic Recovery Act (HERA), a new law aimed at...
Provided by University of Idaho
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White Papers
Should Provisions of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 Apply to Local Governments in Order to Improve Accountability and Transparency?
Oct 2007
The Government Accounting Office recently issued revised guidelines to auditors on how to define and report on internal control weaknesses in government audits. However, it is believed that the...
Provided by Valdosta State University
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Whitepapers
A Tour of HP Sarbanes-Oxley IT Assessment Accelerator
Apr 2009
Although Sarbanes-Oxley is a finance-driven initiative, IT plays an integral part given the fact that IT systems support financial processes. As such, these two groups need to work together under...
Provided by Hewlett-Packard (HP)
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White Papers
The Sarbanes-Oxley Act and Small Public Companies
Jan 2008
This study constructs measures of costs as well as benefits of implementing Section 404 for small public companies. This paper provides a comprehensive measure of Section 404 costs by developing...
Provided by Stanford University
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Whitepapers
The Real Costs of Sarbanes Oxley
Jan 2008
This paper introduces and empirically assesses the real costs associated with Sarbanes-Oxley. After providing a brief overview of Sarbanes Oxley in the first section, a theoretical framework for...
Provided by McAfee
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White Papers
Discussion of a Lobbying Approach to Evaluating the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
Mar 2009
President Roosevelt allegedly issued this quip after having engaged in a lengthy exchange with a visiting business delegation. While the story (true or not) may be apocryphal, it illuminates a...
Provided by University of Chicago
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White Papers
A Lobbying Approach to Evaluating the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
Feb 2008
This paper evaluates the impact of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX) on shareholders by studying the lobbying behavior of investors and corporate insiders in order to affect the final implemented rules...
Provided by University of Chicago
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White Papers
The Impact of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act on Australian Listed Firms
Dec 2008
In the wake of a series of corporate and accounting scandals, the US government enacted the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (2002) (SOX) to improve corporate governance practices. Significantly, foreign...
Provided by University of New South Wales
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White Papers
Sarbanes-Oxley, Governance and Performance
Sep 2009
The author studies the impact of Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX) on the relationship between corporate governance and company performance. Five measures of corporate governance are considered during the...
Provided by University of Colorado
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White Papers
Regulation and Sarbanes-Oxley
May 2009
This paper will begin by summarizing the arguments for regulation that have been made in the literature. The paper will then consider whether these arguments apply to SOX. The author will suggest...
Provided by University of Chicago
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White Papers
The Effect of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act on CEO Pay for Luck
Jun 2008
According to the rent-extraction hypothesis, weak corporate governance allows entrenched CEOs to capture the pay-setting process and benefit from events outside of their control - get paid for...
Provided by Bank of Canada
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White Papers
The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002: Implications for Market Efficiency and Analysts' Performance
Nov 2007
The Sarbanes-Oxley Act, enacted as a response to the multiple cases of corporate fraud during the years 2001-2002, is considered to be one of the most important re-forms in the corporate...
Provided by Tilburg University
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White Papers
Automating Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance Testing for SAP Applications
Oct 2008
The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 changed the way publicly held companies manage and, more importantly, control their business. For most companies, the most costly aspect of the legislation is...
Provided by Worksoft
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White Papers
Sarbanes-Oxley and Incentive Compensation Management
Sep 2008
The Sarbanes-Oxley Act (better known as SOX, but officially known as the Public Company Accounting Reform and Investor Protection Act of 2002) requires companies to establish and maintain internal...
Provided by Xactly
