| What Is Sarbanes-Oxley? Contributor(s): Lander, Guy (Author) |
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ISBN: 0071437967 ISBN-13: 9780071437967 Publisher: McGraw-Hill Companies OUR PRICE: $15.30 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: December 2003 Annotation: 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?" |
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| BISAC Categories: - Law | Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice - Law | Securities |
| Dewey: 346.730 |
| LCCN: 2004558553 |
| Physical Information: 0.35" H x 6.02" W x 8.98" (0.40 lbs) 114 pages |
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| Publisher Description: 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 ease of understanding and reference, this vital addition to McGraw-Hill's What Is . . . ? series provides readers with:
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Contributor Bio(s): Lander, Guy: - 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. |