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Sarbanes-Oxley Act: A Regulatory Perspective
White Paper In response to the accounting scandals at Enron, WorldCom, and others, the United States Congress enacted the Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) Act in July 2002. The intent of the Act is to: restore public trust in the securities market, improve corporate... [03 Jul 2008]
Are rogue traders an inevitable evil?
Comment The act attempted to prevent a rerun of financial scandals such as Enron and WorldCom by imposing thorough checks and balances across business and IT functions simultaneously. The much-vaunted Sarbanes-Oxley Act passed by the US Congress in 2002... [15 Apr 2008]
Sarbanes-Oxley and IFRS
White Paper The high-profile corporate scandals of several U.S.based companies, most notably Enron and WorldCom, led Congress to act to restore public confidence in U.S.financial markets. The result was the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (often referred to as SOX... [08 Jan 2008]
Sarbanes-Oxley: Pain or Gain?
White Paper In 2002, Congress passed the SOX legislation largely in reaction to the financial scandals at WorldCom and Enron. SOX requires all publicly traded companies to tighten the way they manage and report their financial data to ensure their investors... [24 Mar 2005]
Sarbanes-Oxley Act: Security-Relevant or Not?
White Paper The Sarbanes-Oxley Act or SOX is a direct response from the United States Congress trying to prevent publically held corporations from experiencing an Enron- or WorldCom-like fiasco. Realizing there were numerous failings at Enron and other... [16 Dec 2004]
Sarbanes-Oxley windfall ahead for techs
News The US Congress passed the Sarbanes-Oxley Act in 2002, aiming to counter financial scandals such as those at Enron or WorldCom, by imposing more transparency in accounting procedures. A section of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act took effect on Monday, part... [16 Nov 2004]
SOX hits bean counting software for six
News The law, which Congress passed in 2002 following financial scandals at Enron and WorldCom, is supposed to make corporate accounting procedures more transparent to investors and regulators. New accounting regulations, such as Sarbanes-Oxley, could... [26 Aug 2004]
WorldCom: senior execs hauled before Congress
News The US government is also taking a firm stance in the wake of a whole host of financial scandals, including Enron, Global Crossing and now WorldCom. The central figures in the $3.8bn WorldCom fraud have been subpoenaed to appear before a... [28 Jun 2002]
Global Crossing caught up in Enron scandal
News Things are going from bad to worse for Global Crossing, with the bankrupt telco now being dragged into the Enron investigation. Global Crossing is already being investigated by the FBI for alleged financial mismanagement, but it has now emerged... [13 Mar 2002]
Qualcomm re-appoints Enron man
News Qualcomm executives have ignored pleas from unions by re-electing Frank Savage to its board in spite of his known ties to disgraced energy giant, Enron. Enron disaster forces MSN delays http://www.silicon.com/a50947 [14 Feb 2002]
