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Essay / Effects of the Sarbanes-Oxley SOX Act - 1866 emphasis on public law issues. accountability and disclosure in corporate financial operations. He explains how this is a law that represents the concern of the government and the Security and Exchange Commission to promote ethical standards in terms of financial disclosure in the business environment. This article responds to current criticism of the export of American corporate governance standards under Sarbanes. Oxley Act, focused on enforcing the audit committee requirement to foreign issuers from European countries with co-determination laws, and preventing executive loans with respect to German issuers. In response to these criticisms, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has already granted foreign issuers several limited exemptions from the law, as well as an exemption from the audit committee independence requirement, motivated by the desire to re-attract foreign companies that have canceled their listing. in the United States in response to the law. This article provides additional legal and economic justifications for the exclusion of foreign companies from the audit committee and the loan ban requirements. Corporate greed and corruption have forever changed the face of American business. Corporate greed was the main reason for the downfall of Global Crossing, Enron and MCI WorldCom. The document shows that the governing bodies, the Senate, the NASD, the Securities and Exchange Commission and other branches decided to act and that in 2002 the Senate introduced the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. The document discusses of the impact of this new law. ..... middle of paper ......ey Act of 2002)(Book Review): An article from: Strategic Finance" This digital document is an article from Strategic Finance, published by the Institute of Management Accountants on May 1, 2004. Article length is 1012 words The page length shown above is based on a typical 300 word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your digital locker. Amazon.com immediately after purchase view it with any web browser.Prentice, RA (Nov. 2004) "Guide to the Sarbanes-Oxley Act: What Business Needs to Know Now That it is Implemented" Enron was once the seventh largest company in the Fortune 500, but after the biggest business scandal in a generation and one of the biggest in the last century, Enron went bankrupt and virtually disappeared following a wave of revelations about accounting regularities and securities fraud..
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