Proposed Audit Rule Delay

Proposed audit rule delay

Lord & Benoit Report, Relaxed Sarbanes-Oxley Act Legislation, Completely Ineffective

The following is a one page report summarizing the negative consequences of relaxed legislation of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act for public companies in America over the past eight years…

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Internal Control Over Financial Reporting

Internal control over financial reporting

SOX SECTION 302 - SUMMARY REQUIREMENTS CHECKLIST

 SOX SECTION 302 - SUMMARY REQUIREMENTS CHECKLIST

The principal executive officer or officers (CEO) and the principal financial officer or officers, or persons performing similar functions (CFO) certify in each annual or quarterly report filed or submitted under either such section of such Act that—   Download Checklist

Bridging the Disclosure Gap

Bridging the Sarbanes-Oxley Disclosure Control Gap

References to Our Report:

What is a Code of Ethics? News Articles

What is a code of ethics?

• Corporate Focus - SOX pays off in increased share prices
• FEI - Sarbanes-Oxley Section 404
• First SOX compliance firm to use cosco for smaller public companies
• Fordham - Ethics - Inherent in Islamic Finance
• How on Earth do You Audit Ethics?
• Peoria-Magazine - Fraud Threatening Mid-Sized Business
• RSM McGradrey - Fraud Is a Big Threat to Midsized Business
• Thomasnet - Is Goodwill Bad Business
• What is a Code of Ethics

Do Benefits Exceed Costs?

Do Benefits Exceed Costs?

References to Our Report:

• Worcester Business Journal - SOX compliance costs soar for smaller firms
• CHINAFIG - The Race is On
• CFO - Is it Wise in These Economic Times to Relax Investor Protection??
• The Wall Street Journal - Check on Internal Controls Pay Off
• OCJ - Companies With Good Internal Controls Have Highest Avg Share Price Increases 
• Big 4 - Share Price Movements During Implimentation
• PCAOB Standing Advisory Group
• Risk Matters
• Key 404 Events and Releases
• Navigating the New World
• SAP - Governance Risk and Compliance
• Council of Institutional Investors
• Efficient, Affordable SOX Compliance
• Corporate Focus
• Small Companies and Sarbanes-Oxley
• Strong Controls Benefit Shareholders
• Top 40 Accounting Firms
• Keeping SOX is Crucial
• FEI - Sarbanes-Oxley Section 404
• SOX Internal Controls are Not Just for Public Companies Anymore
• Ernst & Young - Leveraging Value From Internal Controls
• Checks on Internal Controls Pay Off
• Big 4 - Alumni Magazine
• AICPA CPAF Summary of Sec Roundtable
• ACSPC Final Report
• Audit Integrity
• Compliance Week - 404 Disclosures Show Dramatic Improvement
• Compliance Week - Brace for Hurricane SOX
• Council of Institutional Investors
• Deloitte 04/03/06
• Entrepreneur
• FEI Comment
• International Bar Association
• LA Times - Reform Legislation
• Oracle - Helping You Compete and Win in a Flat World
• Peoria Magazine - Fraud Threatening Mid-Sized Businesses
• Protiviti - Application Controls
• Small Business Review - SEC Relaxes SOX Compliance Rules
• US SEC PCOAB Roundtable

Virtual SOX Section 404 Compliance

Virtual SOX Compliance

Guidance on monitoring internal control systems

Guidance on monitoring internal control systems

SOX Section 404 Implementation Framework

SOX Implementation Framework

• SOX Internal Controls are not just for public companies anymore - Houston Business Journal
• Sustaining SOX Over time - Ernst & Young
• Different Approach - Compliance for Smaller Companies (Deloitte-Canada)
• First SOX Compliance Firm to use COSO for Smaller Public Companies 

SOX Section 404 for Smaller Public Companies News Articles

SOX For Smaller Public Companies

• When you can avoid 404(b) Compliance - Compliance Week
• Congress not moving on SOX Relief for Smaller Public Companies - Compliance Week
• Smaller Public Companies have a tough time with New Sarbox Rules - Corporate Compliance
• Lord and Benoit in Journal of Accountancy August 2007
• Checks on Internal Controls Pay Off - Wall Street Journal
• Compliance Threats to Smaller Public Companies - Standford Law School 
• Fraud Is a Big Threat To Mid-sized Business - RSM McGradrey
• Risk Matters - Financial Magazine
• CMA Conference in Canada - Deloitte Point of View
• Navigating the New World - PricewaterhouseCoopers
• HR's Role in SOX
• Governance Risk and Compliance Management - SAP
• Internal Control and Certifications - Deloitte
• Control Issues - CrossBoarder
• Letter from Council of Institutional Investors
• Efficient Affordable SOX Compliance - IT Business Edge
• SOX pays off in increased share prices - Corporate Focus
• Strong Controls Benefit Shareholders
• Keeping SOX is Crucial - Business Week
• FEI Sarbanes-Oxley Section 404
• SOX Internal Controls are not just for Public Companies anymore - Houston Business Journal
• 404 Discloures Show Dramatic Improvement - Compliance Week
• 404(b) Delay not likely to change much - Compliance Week
• SOX First Management Compliance (Blog)
• Sarbanes-Oxley Bridges the Disclosure Control Gap (a-1 articles)
• Practical Streamlined approach to Certifcation Compliance for Smaller Companies - Deloitte
• Leveraging value from Internal Controls - Ernst & Young
• Sustaining SOX over time - Ernst & Young
• SOX costs drop smaller companies see same savings
• Checks on internal controls pay off
• Checks on internal controls pay off - Lehigh University
• SBA Advocacy Submits to SEC Concept of Internal Control over Financial Reporting
• A Marriage of Compliance - the CFO and CIO - Oracle
• A Sarbanes-Oxley Update presented by Bob Benoit - MSPCAonline
• A Section 404 cost study for smaller public companies - Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance Journal
• Accounting Education Associates - Form
• Another Unintended Consequence - Fierce Sarbox
• Application Controls - Protiviti
• Are Sarbanes-Oxley Costs for Smaller Companies REALLY not that bad (Cloudy Thinking)
• Attempting to answer the 91,000 question - CFO.com
• Bankers Proposed Audit Rule Delay Leads to Exemption - American Banker
• Best Practices for World Class IT Governance - ISACA Oracle ITG
• Bringing the Sarbanes-Oxley Discloure Control Gap
• Companies with Good Internal Controls have the highest average share point increases
• Compliance Advice for SMBs From Lord and Benoit - IT Business Edge
• Corporate Governance, Risk Management and Regulatory Compliance - Oracle
• COSO for Smaller Public Companies- The Answer to SOX compliance - Entrepreneur
• Cost for SOX Compliance less than Expected - bMighty
• Cost for SOX for Smaller Public Companies Less than Expected - RTC Magazine
• Cost for SOX for Smaller Public Companies Less than SEC predicted - Electronic Daily News
• Cost for SOX for Smaller Public Companies Less than SEC predicted - IT Business Net
• Different Approach - Compliance for Smaller Companies - Deloitte (Canada)
• Efficient and Affordable SOX Compliance - Lord and Benoit
• First SOX Compliance Firm to Use COSO for Smaller Public Companies
• Fraud Threatening Mid-Sized Businesses - Peoria Magazine
• Helping You Compete and Win in a Flat World - Oracle
• Intended, Unintended Consequences of SOX - FEI Comment
• Internal Control over financial reporting in exchange act periodic reports of non-accelerated filers - University of Wisconsin
• IRS targets high-income taxpayers -Journal of Accountancy
• Is goodwill bad business - Thomasnet
• Is SOX Compliance Undermining your Edge - Thomasnet
• KBA Voted Most Dynamic Business in Addison and North Dallas Area - KBA Group
• Kerry and Snowe get Sarbox extension for Small Business - Kerry Vision
• Looking for a Loophole in Reform Legislation - Accountability Central
• Looking for a Loophole in Reform Legislation - Council of Institutional Investors
• Lord and Benoit Counting Sarbox Costs for Small Business - IT Business Edge
• Low odds for NYSE effort to ease Sarbox - Financial Week
• Measuring the True Cost of Section 404 Compliance for Smaller Public Companies - Perfect Customer Experience
• Multiple Articles - Ice Miller - Venture Briefing
• Nailing Down the Cost of 404 - CFO.com
• New Report Estimates Average SOX Costs for Smaller Filers - Professional Services Monitor
• No SOX Relief - Compliance Week
• Paying the Price for International Control Deficiencies - Audit Integrity
• Report Quantifies Actual Cost of SOX Section 404 Compliance - Euro Investor
• Report Quantifies Actual Cost of SOX Section 404 Compliance - Reuters
• Report Quantifies Actual Cost of SOX Section 404 Compliance - Wall Street Online
• SEC Relaxes SOX Compliance Rules for Smaller Public Companies - Small Business Review
• Small Business Report Looking for a Loophole in Reform Legislation - LA Times
• Small Businesses Brace for Hurricane SOX - Compliance Week
• SOX 5 Years of Headaches - Network World
• Study Outlines the SOX Threats for Smaller Public Companies
• Ten Steps to SOX Compliance for Smaller Public Companies - Lord & Benoit
• Ten Threats to SOX for Smaller Public Companies - Encyclopedia.com
• What can government agencies teach you about Compliance - IT Compliance

SOX IT

SOX Information Technology Controls

• Lord and Benoit in Journal of Accountancy August 2007
• Encyclopedia.com - Ten Threats to SOX for Smaller Companies
• Ensuring Spreadsheet Accuracy
• KBA Group - KBA Voted Most Dynamic Business in Addison and North Dallas Area
• ISACA-Oracle ITG - Best Practices for World Class IT Governance
• IT Compliance - What can government agencies teach you about Compliance
• Compliance Advice for SMBs from Lord and Benoit
• IT Business Edge - Efficient Affordable SOX Compliance
• IT Business Net - Cost of SOX for smaller public companies less than the SEC predicted
• Network World - SOX 5 years of Headaches
• Oracle: Best Practices for World Class I/T Governance
• Protiviti: Application Control Effectiveness for SAP
• Sarbanes-Oxley compliance has caused IT - Datasecuritysoftware.blogspot
• Smart-Pros - Study Outlines the SOX Threats for Smaller Companies

Information for Management about SOX Section 404

Information for Management

• Lord and Benoit in Journal of Accountancy August 2007
• SOX Compliance for Smaller Public Companies
• When you can avoid 404(b) Compliance - Compliance Week
• Congress not moving on SOX Relief for Smaller Public Companies - Compliance Week
• Smaller Public Companies have a tough time with New Sarbox Rules - Corporate Compliance
• Checks on Internal Controls Pay Off - Wall Street Journal
• Compliance Threats to Smaller Public Companies - Standford Law School
• Benoit Appointed to COSO 
• Fraud Is a Big Threat To Midsized Business - RSM McGradrey
• Operational Excellence Key to Effecient Service Management - Business Times (German)
• Risk Matters - Financial Magazine
• CMA Conference in Canada - Deloitte Point of View
• Navigating the New World - Pricewaterhouse Coopers
• HRs Role in SOX
• Governance Risk and Compliance Management - SAP
• Internal Control and Certifications - Deliotte
• Control Issues - CrossBoarder
• Letter from Council of institutional Investors
• Efficient Affordable SOX Compliance - IT Business Edge
• SOX pays off in increased share prices - Corporate Focus
• Strong Controls Benefits Shareholders
• Keeping SOX is Crucial - Business Week
• FEI Sarbanes-Oxley Section 404
• SOX Internal Controls are not just for Public Companies anymore - Houston Business Journal
• 404 Discloures Show Dramatic Improvement - Compliance Week
• 404(b) Delay not likely to change much - Compliance Week
• SOX First Management Compliance (Blog)
• Sarbanes-Oxley Bridges the discloure control gap (a-1 articles)
• Practical Streamlined approach to certifcation compliance for smaller companies - Deloitte
• Leveraging value from Internal Controls - Ernst & Young
• Sustaining SOX over time - Ernst & Young
• SOX costs drop smaller companies see same savings
• Checks on internal controls pay off
• Checks on internal controls pay off - Lehigh University
• SBA Advocacy Submits to SEC Concept of Internal Control over Financial Reporting
• A Marriage of Compliance - the CFO and CIO - Oracle
• A Section 404 cost study for smaller public companies - Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance Journal
• Application Control Effectiveness for SAP - Protiviti
• Application Controls - Protiviti
• Are Sarbanes-Oxley Costs for Smaller Companies REALLY not that bad (Cloudy Thinking)
• Attempting to answer the 91,000 question - CFO.com
• Best Practices for World Class IT Governance - ISACA Oracle ITG
• Bringing the Sarbanes-Oxley Discloure Control Gap
• Companies with Good Internal Controls have the highest average share point increases
• Compliance Advice for SMBs From Lord and Benoit - IT Business Edge
• Corporate Governance. Risk Management and Regulatory Compliance - Oracle
• COSO for smaller public companies- The Answer to SOX compliance - Entrepreneur
• Cost for SOX Compliance less than Expected - bMighty
• Cost for SOX for Smaller Public Companies Less than Expected - RTC Magazine
• Cost for SOX for Smaller Public Companies Less than SEC predicted - Electronic Daily News
• Cost for SOX for Smaller Public Companies Less than SEC predicted - IT Business Net
• Different Approach - Compliance for Smaller Companies - Deloitte (Canada)
• Efficient and Affordable SOX Compliance - Lord and Benoit
• First SOX Compliance Firm to Use COSO for Smaller Public Companies
• Fraud Threatening Mid-Sized Businesses - Peoria Magazine
• Helping you compete and Win in a Flat World - Oracle
• Internal Control over financial reporting in exchange act periodic reports of non-accelerated filers - University of Wisconsin
• IRS targets high-income taxpayers -Journal of Accountancy
• Is goodwill bad business - Thomasnet
• Is SOX Compliance Undermining your Edge - Thomasnet
• KBA Voted Most Dynamic Business in Addison and North Dallas Area - KBA Group
• Lord and Benoit Counting Sarbox Costs for Small Business - IT Business Edge
• Low odds for NYSE effort to ease SarbOx - Financial Week
• Measuring the True Cost of Section 404 Compliance for Smaller Public Companies - Perfect Customer Experience
• Multiple Articles - Ice Miller - Venture Briefing
• Nailing Down the Cost of 404 - CFO.com
• New Report Estimates Average SOX Costs for Smaller Filers - Professional Services Monitor
• Paying the Price for International Control Deficiencies - Audit Integrity
• Report Quantifies Actual Cost of SOX Section 404 Compliance - Euro Investor
• Report Quantifies Actual Cost of SOX Section 404 Compliance - Reuters
• Report Quantifies Actual Cost of SOX Section 404 Compliance - Wall Street Online
• SEC Relaxes SOX Compliance Rules for Smaller Public Companies - Small Business Review
• Small Businesses Brace for Hurricane SOX - Compliance Week
• Ten Steps to SOX Compliance for Smaller Public Companies - Lord & Benoit
• What can government agencies teach you about Compliance - IT Compliance
• Smaller Public Companies Have higher Internal Control Standards - CMCrossroads
• Private Companies Have it worse - Financial Week
• SOX Articles, Products, and Other Relevant AICPA Sites - AICPA

Information for CPA's

Information for CPA's

• When you can avoid 404(b) Compliance - Compliance Week
• Congress not moving on SOX Relief for Smaller Public Companies - Compliance Week
• Smaller Public Companies have a tough time with New Sarbox Rules - Corporate Compliance
• Compliance Threats to Smaller Companies - Stanford Law School
• Benoit Appointed to COSO
• Navigating the New World - Pricewater House Coopers
• SOX Internal Controls are not just for public companies anymore - Houston Business Journal
• Disclosures show dramatic improvement - Compliance Week
• Practical streamlined approach to certification compliance for smaller companies - Deloitte
• SBA Advocacy submits to SEC concept of Internal Control over Financial Reporting
• Different Approach - Compliance for smaller companies - Deloitte - Canada
• Internal Control over Financial Reporting in Exchange Act Periodic Reports of Non-accelerated Filers - University of Wisconsin
• IRS Targets high-income taxpayers - Journal of Accountancy
• Lord and Benoit in Journal of Accountancy - August 2007
• KBA Voted Most Dynamic Business in Addison and North Dallas Area - KBA Group
• Paying the Price for International Control Defeciencies - Audit Integrity 
• Small Business Brace for Hurricane SOX - Compliane Week
• PCAOB Standing Advisory Group Meeting - Ives Group Inc , Audit Analytics
• Vault Guide to the top 40 Accounting Firms
• AICPA CPCAF Summary of SEC and PCAOB Roundtable
• A Sarbarnes-Oxley Update presented by Bob Benoit - MSPCAonline
• Accounting Education Associates - Form
• AICPA Peer Review Board - Certificate
• Another unintended consequences - Fierce Sarbox
• China Accounting Online
• China - tax
• Kerry and Snowe get Sarbox extension for Small Business - Kerry Vision
• Looking for a loophole in reform legislation - Accountability Central
• Looking for a loophole in reform legislation - Council of Institutional Investors
• No SOX Relief - Compliance Week
• Small Business Report Looking for a loophole in Reform Legislation - LA Times
• SOX 5 Years of headaches - Network World
• Study Outlines the SOX threats for Smaller Companies - Smart Pros
• Ten Threats to SOX for Smaller Public Companies - Encyclopedia.com

Internal Controls

Internal Controls

• Lord and Benoit in Journal of Accountancy August 2007
• Checks on Internal Controls Pay Off - Wall Street Journal
• Compliance Threats to Smaller Public Companies - Standford Law School
• PCAOB Standing Advisory Group Metting - Ives Group Inc, Audit Analytics
• SOX Potenial Benefits and Sustainablilty - German Translation
• Operational Excellence Key to Effecient Service Management - Business Times (German)
• Risk Matters - Financial Magazine
• CMA Conference in Canada - Deloitte Point of View
• Navigating the New World - Pricewaterhouse Coopers
• Internal Control and Certifications - Deliotte
• Control Issues - CrossBoarder
• Letter from Council of institutional Investors
• SOX pays off in increased share prices - Corporate Focus
• Grossly overpaid CEOs - Promerantz Monitor
• Strong Controls Benefits Shareholders
• Keeping SOX is Crucial - Business Week
• FEI Sarbanes-Oxley Section 404
• SOX Internal Controls are not just for Public Companies anymore - Houston Business Journal
• 404 Discloures Show Dramatic Improvement - Compliance Week
• 404(b) Delay not likely to change much - Compliance Week
• SOX First Management Compliance (Blog)
• Sarbanes-Oxley Bridges the discloure control gap (a-1 articles)
• Practical Streamlined approach to certifcation compliance for smaller companies - Deloitte
• Leveraging value from Internal Controls - Ernst & Young
• Sustaining SOX over time - Ernst & Young
• SOX costs drop smaller companies see same savings
• Checks on internal controls pay off
• Checks on internal controls pay off - Lehigh University
• SBA Advocacy Submits to SEC Concept of Internal Control over Financial Reporting
• A Marriage of Compliance - the CFO and CIO - Oracle
• A Sarbanes-Oxley Update presented by Bob Benoit - MSCPA online
• A Section 404 cost study for smaller public companies - Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance Journal
• Another Unintended Consequence - Fierce Sarbox
• Application Control Effectiveness for SAP - Protiviti
• Application Controls - Protiviti
• Bankers Proposed Audit Rule Delay Leads to Exemption - American Banker
• Bringing the Sarbanes-Oxley Discloure Control Gap
• Companies with Good Internal Controls have the highest average share point increases
• Compliance Advice for SMBs From Lord and Benoit - IT Business Edge
• Corporate Governance. Risk Management and Regulatory Compliance - Oracle
• COSO for smaller public companies- The Answer to SOX compliance - Entrepreneur
• Cost for SOX Compliance less than Expected - bMighty
• Cost for SOX for Smaller Public Companies Less than Expected - RTC Magazine
• Cost for SOX for Smaller Public Companies Less than SEC predicted - Electronic Daily News
• Cost for SOX for Smaller Public Companies Less than SEC predicted - IT Business Net
• Different Approach - Compliance for Smaller Companies - Deloitte (Canada)
• Efficient and Affordable SOX Compliance - Lord and Benoit
• First SOX Compliance Firm to Use COSO for Smaller Public Companies
• Fraud Threatening Mid-Sized Businesses - Peoria Magazine
• Happy Birthday SOX - Vendorprisey
• Helping you compete and Win in a Flat World - Oracle
• Internal Control over financial reporting in exchange act periodic reports of non-accelerated filers - University of Wisconsin
• Internal Control System Overview Presentation - SAP German
• Internal Control Remain a mess at Smaller Public Companies - Glass Lewis and Company
• IRS targets high-income taxpayers -Journal of Accountancy
• Is goodwill bad business - Thomasnet
• Is SOX Compliance Undermining your Edge - Thomasnet
• KBA Voted Most Dynamic Business in Addison and North Dallas Area - KBA Group
• Kerry and Snowe get Sarbox extension for Small Business - Kerry-Vision
• Leveraging Value from International Controls - EY Ireland
• Looking for a loophole in reform legislation - Council of International Investors
• Lord and Benoit Counting Sarbox Costs for Small Business - IT Business Edge
• Low odds for NYSE effort to ease SarbOx - Financial Week
• Measuring the True Cost of Section 404 Compliance for Smaller Public Companies - Perfect Customer Experience
• Multiple Articles - Ice Miller - Venture Briefing
• Nailing Down the Cost of 404 - CFO.com
• No SOX Relief - Compliance Week
• Paying the Price for International Control Deficiencies - Audit Integrity
• SEC Relaxes SOX Compliance Rules for Smaller Public Companies - Small Business Review
• Small Business Report Looking for a Loophole in Reform Legislation - LA Times
• Small Businesses Brace for Hurricane SOX - Compliance Week
• SOX 5 Years of Headaches - Network World
• Study Outlines the SOX Threats for Small Companies - Smart Pros 
• Ten Steps to SOX Compliance for Smaller Public Companies - Lord & Benoit
• Ten Threats to SOX for Smaller Public Companies - Encyclopedia.com
• What can government agencies teach you about Compliance - IT Compliance

Cost of SOX Section 404

Cost of SOX

• Section 404 Compliance for Smaller Public Companies - Alert
• Cost Study Governance Risk and Compliance - Insight Community
• A Section 404 Cost Study for Smaller Public Companies - Journal of Accountancy
• Strategic GRC Yield Costs - American Banker
• Cost Exceed the Benefits - CFO.com
• Keeping SarbOx is Crucial - Factiva
• What does SOX Cost Small Firms - Heartland Records
• Compliance Cost for Sarbanes - Oxley Act - Lehman
• Checks on Internal Controls Pay Off - Wall Street Journal
• PCAOB Standing Advisory Group Meeting - Ives Group Inc, Audit Analytics
• First SOX Compliance Firm to use COSO for Smaller Public Companies
• Fraud Is a Big Threat To Midsized Business - RSM McGradrey
• Navigating the New World - Pricewaterhouse Coopers
• HRs Role in SOX
• Governance Risk and Compliance Management - SAP
• Control Issues - CrossBoarder
• Letter from Council of institutional Investors
• Efficient Affordable SOX Compliance - IT Business Edge
• SOX pays off in increased share prices - Corporate Focus
• Grossly Overpaid CEOs - Business Week
• Strong Controls Benefits Shareholders
• Keeping SOX is Crucial - Business Week
• FEI Sarbanes-Oxley Section 404
• SOX Internal Controls are not just for Public Companies anymore - Houston Business Journal
• 404 Discloures Show Dramatic Improvement - Compliance Week
• Sarbanes-Oxley Bridges the discloure control gap (a-1 articles)
• Practical Streamlined approach to certifcation compliance for smaller companies - Deloitte
• Leveraging value from Internal Controls - Ernst & Young
• Sustaining SOX over time - Ernst & Young
• SOX costs drop smaller companies see same savings
• Checks on internal controls pay off
• Checks on internal controls pay off - Lehigh University
• AICPA CPCAF Summary of SEC and PCAOB Roundtable
• A Marriage of Compliance - the CFO and CIO - Oracle
• A Section 404 cost study for smaller public companies - Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance Journal
• Accounting Education Associates - Form
• Application Control Effectiveness for SAP - Protiviti
• Application Controls - Protiviti
• Are Sarbanes-Oxley Costs for Smaller Companies REALLY not that bad (Cloudy Thinking)
• Attempting to answer the 91,000 question - CFO.com
• Best Practices for World Class IT Governance - ISACA Oracle ITG
• Bringing the Sarbanes-Oxley Discloure Control Gap
• Companies with Good Internal Controls have the highest average share point increases
• Compliance Advice for SMBs From Lord and Benoit - IT Business Edge
• Cost for SOX Compliance less than Expected - bMighty
• Cost for SOX for Smaller Public Companies Less than Expected - RTC Magazine
• Cost for SOX for Smaller Public Companies Less than SEC predicted - Electronic Daily News
• Cost for SOX for Smaller Public Companies Less than SEC predicted - IT Business Net
• Different Approach - Compliance for Smaller Companies - Deloitte (Canada)
• Efficient and Affordable SOX Compliance - Lord and Benoit
• Fraud Threatening Mid-Sized Businesses - Peoria Magazine
• Helping you compete and Win in a Flat World - Oracle
• IRS targets high-income taxpayers -Journal of Accountancy
• Is goodwill bad business - Thomasnet
• Is SOX Compliance Undermining your Edge - Thomasnet
• Lord and Benoit Counting Sarbox Costs for Small Business - IT Business Edge
• Low odds for NYSE effort to ease SarbOx - Financial Week
• Measuring the True Cost of Section 404 Compliance for Smaller Public Companies - Perfect Customer Experience
• Multiple Articles - Ice Miller - Venture Briefing
• Nailing Down the Cost of 404 - CFO.com
• New Report Estimates Average SOX Costs for Smaller Filers - Professional Services Monitor
• Paying the Price for International Control Deficiencies - Audit Integrity
• Report Quantifies Actual Cost of SOX Section 404 Compliance - Euro Investor
• Report Quantifies Actual Cost of SOX Section 404 Compliance - Reuters
• Report Quantifies Actual Cost of SOX Section 404 Compliance - Wall Street Online
• SEC Relaxes SOX Compliance Rules for Smaller Public Companies - Small Business Review
• SOX 5 Years of Headaches - Network World
• Cost of SOX 404 Compliance for Small Firms Estimated - Arma.org
• Cost of SOX for Smaller Public Companies - Consumerelectronicsnet.com
• Flaw seen in Sarbox Audit Cost Coverage - Financialweek.com
• How much does compliance really cost you - Financeregs
• Small Businesses will pay average $78K to comply with SOX - Icemiller.com
• First of its kind report Quanitifies Actual Cost - Investors.com
• Corporate Governance What does Sox Compliance Cost - Ioma.com
• Sarbanes-Oxley update - MSCPAonline
• First of its kind report quantifies actual cost - US Law Blog

The Sarbanes-Oxley Investment

The Sarbanes-Oxley Investment

Accolades

Accolades

• Who is Lord and Benoit?
• Cost Recovery and SOX 404
• Wikipedia of SOX ACT
• First SOX Compliance Firm to Use COSO for Smaller Public Companies
• Benoit Appointed to COSO
• Efficient Affordable SOX Compliance
• Vault Guide to the top 40 Accounting firms
• SOX First Management Compliance (Blog)
• AICPA - Peer Review Board (Certificate)

COSO

COSO

• COSO Guidance on Monitoring Intro
• Benoit Appointed to COSO 
• CMA Conference in Canada - Deloitte Point of View
• SOX First Management Compliance (Blog)
• Practical Streamlined Approach to Certification Compliance for Smaller Companies - Deloitte
• Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance Journal: COSO and Smaller Public Companies
• COSO for Smaller Public Companies- The answer to SOX Compliance - Entrepreneur
• First SOX Section 404 Compliance Firm to Use COSO for Smaller Public Companies
• Guidance on Monitoring Internal Control Systems - COSO
• FEI comments on COSO guidance with response by Bob Benoit

COSO Teaching

• Digital 50
• Denver Post Finance
• Semi Finance
• Yahoo Finance
• Chrons
  
• HPC Wire
• International Business Times
• Morning Star
• TD Ameritrade
• Studio - 5
• Business Wire
• Compliance Home
• Earth Times
• Euro Investor
• Finanz Nachrichten .de
• Forbes
• Globe Investor
• IT Productivity
• Market Watch
• PR-Inside
• Reuters
• Smart Brief
• Street Insider
• UPI
• Your Online Bank
• Corporate - Compliance Online

Big 4 Quotes

Lord & Benoit Reports Quoted by the Big 4 Auditing Firms

International Articles

International Articles that have referenced Lord & Benoit's research

	Asia Asia - Yamaguchi Lion LLP - Sarbanes Oxley Asia - Oracle - Corporate Governance, Risk Management and Regulatory Compliance
	Brazil Brazil - ComputerWorld Brazil - Major Complaints About SOX Cost  Brazil - Top Ten Threats Referenced Brazil - Deloitte
	Canada Canada - Deloitte - Different Approach: Compliance For Smaller Companies Canada - Deloitte - 2006 Internal Control Certifications: SOX, CEO/CFO Certification & Public Sector Responses Canada - Deloitte Article
	China China - China Accounting Online China - CSACC.org China -Esnai China - HBICPA China - China-Tax   China - KJ86 China - NetEase - Dialogue on Enron and 9-11 China - The Story of SOX China - More on the Story of SOX in China China - News Kuaijiren China - Lehman - New study small public company compliance China - Smel.gov.cn - New Study of 3,321 companies China - CFO China.net China - CFO HR.com China - Blog Article China - HR.com Channel News Article China - News Article China - Dnsc
	France SAP France - CorpGov 10 Threats to Compliance France - SAP Presentation Business Objects
	Germany  Germany - Ernst & Young - Potential Benefits and Sustainability Germany - Business IT News - Operational Excellence Key to Efficient Service Management Germany - Wall Street Online - With Deadline Approaching: 10 Threats to SOX - Helps Companies Comply
	Greece  E-Logos Greek Article
	Ireland Ireland - Ernst & Young - Leveraging Value From Internal Controls
	Islam Islamic - Fordham University - Ethics Inherent in Islamic Finance
	Israel  Israel - BDO Seidman
	Japan Japan - BearingPoint - OnCourse03 Japan - TechTarget
	Netherlands  Dutch Accountant
	Russia  Russia - IBLF - Improving Business Standards in Russia
	South Korea  South Korea - Deloitte Presentation
	Sweden Sweden - Goteborg University - Impact of Sarbanes Oxley  Sweden - Swiss-American Chamber of Commerce
	Vietnam   Vietnam - Stock Price Increases Vietnam - IFM

U.S. Newspapers

U.S. Newspapers that have referenced Lord & Benoit's research

The Lord & Benoit Reports

Lord & Benoit Reports

• Lord & Benoit Report: Fraud in U.S. Non-Accelerated Filers
• Lord & Benoit Report: NAIC Annual Financial Reporting Model Regulation
• Lord & Benoit Report: Collision of Relaxed Regulation, Small Business and the Economy Study reported smaller company bankruptcy due in part to having not complied with SOX 404 as allowed by law.
• Lord & Benoit Report: First Year SOX Results for Small Business (Revised) Study showed SOX 404(a) delays were ineffective, resulting in twice as many material control weaknesses as accelerated filers. 
• Lord & Benoit Report: Do the Benefits of Section 404 Exceed the Cost? Share price study of all 2,481 calendar year end companies showed average share price gains of 27% for SOX compliant companies compared to Russell 3000 index of 17%.
• Lord & Benoit Report: Bridging the SOX Disclosure Control Gap Study that showed self reporting of internal control weaknesses didn’t work.  Of 586 first time SOX 404 compliant companies with adverse reports only 75 self reported control weaknesses under Section 302 fifteen days before year end (87% inaccurate self reporting). 
• Lord & Benoit Report: The Sarbanes-Oxley Investment - Section 404 cost study for smaller companies Showed cost of smaller company compliance at $78,000 or 13% below original SEC estimates.
• Lord & Benoit Report: Ten Threats to Compliance for Smaller Public Companies Illustrates ten most common material weaknesses in smaller public companies through a study of material weaknesses from companies with revenues under $100 million.
• How on earth do you audit ethics? 
• Lord & Benoit Report: Relaxed Sabanes-Oxley Act Legislation, Completely Ineffective 

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Corporate Values Framework

• Implementing the Values Framework - "The Importance of Corporate Values" is a concise primer on positioning values inside your company along with some sample values for you to consider. After establishing company values, it’s important to measure the degree in which these values are displayed within the company.
• Generic Performance Review - Sample Performance Review

• Generic Behaviors  - Value Mapping
• The Importance of Corporate Values   - Research has repeatedly shown that visionary companies that succeed for decades are guided by first order values. These first order values create a sense of purpose beyond making money, they guide and inspire people throughout the organization and they remain relatively fixed for long periods of time.

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