[lemma="sarbanes-oxley"] [lemma=□]
[lemma="sarbanes-oxley"] [lemma=act]
[lemma="sarbanes-oxley"] [lemma="sarbanes-oxley"]
In both cases , large minorities ( 44 % each ) are not sure about the effectiveness of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. " The increase in activist investment behavior may be a reflection of the combination of placing responsibility for corporate governance on the board of directors and the lack of trust in company financial information , " states Robert Fronk , Senior Vice President for Brand and Strategy at Harris Interactive . In addition , in the wake of numerous corporate scandals , Congress passed the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 to improve the accountability of publicly held companies . IBM Workplace Forms offers other benefits such as creating electronic audit trails for each transaction that help reduce risk and strengthen compliance with global regulatory mandates such as Basel II and the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. From a security perspective , electronic forms can accommodate multiple overlapping signatures and restrict revisions of sections . Sarbanes-Oxley Act that currently apply to it and is complying voluntarily with many other provisions of the Act that will become applicable to the company when it has completed its voluntary commitment to register its common stock with the SEC under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 . Successful candidates will assist clients in preparing to comply with Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act , as well as performing audits to assess compliance with the Act. The civil penalties and disgorgement will be paid by the defendants to a distribution fund established for the benefit of defrauded Homestore shareholders pursuant to the Fair Funds provision of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 . Many stay busy these days helping companies comply with the government 's new corporate accounting reforms prescribed by the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. The final rule , like the interim rule it replaces , requires such state member banks to comply with any rules adopted by the Securities and Exchange Commission under designated sections of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. We succeeded for example in mitigating such effects with the Financial Conglomerates Directive in Europe and the Sarbanes-Oxley Act in the U.S.