Assessing the Success of Sarbanes-Oxley
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2012-07-09
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Ray, Jeffrey, Assessing the Success of Sarbanes-Oxley (July 9, 2012). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2103555 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2103555
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This paper evaluates the success that the Sarbanes-Oxley Act has had in the market place. It initially assesses improvements the act has made to restore public confidence in the auditing process, and their effectiveness. It then assesses provisions made to improve the ability of boards of directors to monitor and correct abuses of power by corporate executives. Having concluded the quality of auditing processes and the boards monitoring function is still inadequate despite the enactment of Sarbanes-Oxley; it then analyzes published data on the incidents of fraud. The results of the analysis indicate that, in general, Sarbanes-Oxley has done little to stop the tidal wave of fraud occurrences, nor does it limit their consequences. This paper concludes, therefore, that Sarbanes-Oxley has not been successful.