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What You Don�t Know About
Sarbanes-Oxley Can Hurt You
Are
you concerned about complying with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002?
You wouldn�t be alone. Studies show that two-thirds of today�s
business executives dread this new law and the strict enterprise
records and document management practices it calls for.
What is
Sarbanes-Oxley?
Sarbanes-Oxley
is the U.S. Congress' answer to the accounting scandals that started
this decade. It requires public
companies to drastically change how they distribute and manage
business performance information.
Learn more. Read these articles from Gartner, Inc., and
IBM:
"Management
Alert: The Sarbanes-Oxley Act Will Affect Your Enterprise"
"You'll
Have to Spend to Attain Sarbanes-Oxley
Compliance"
Who�s
Accountable?
Auditors, CEOs
and CFOs are PERSONALLY LIABLE for the quality of their internal
reporting. Executives must now immediately report to stockholders
any issues that might affect enterprise performance. Shoddy
corporate record-keeping could result in hefty fines and even jail
time.
Learn more. Read
these articles from Gartner, Inc., and
IBM:
"Management
Alert: The Sarbanes-Oxley Act Will Affect Your Enterprise"
"You'll
Have to Spend to Attain Sarbanes-Oxley
Compliance"
Which Documents?
Sarbanes-Oxley
is complex, vague, and open to multiple interpretations. For
example, it requires the maintenance of "working papers" dating back
seven years, but fails to really define �working paper.� That could
mean even your everyday emails could be fair
game.
Learn more. Read
these articles from Gartner, Inc., and
IBM:
"Management
Alert: The Sarbanes-Oxley Act Will Affect Your Enterprise"
"You'll
Have to Spend to Attain Sarbanes-Oxley
Compliance"
What Can You
Do?
Experts agree
Sarbanes-Oxley is serious business for business. If you don't have a
compliant records management system in place, you need one. FAST. If
you don�t know about Sarbanes-Oxley, you need to learn
now.
Learn more. Read these
articles from
Gartner, Inc., and IBM:
"Management
Alert: The Sarbanes-Oxley Act Will Affect Your Enterprise"
"You'll
Have to Spend to Attain Sarbanes-Oxley
Compliance"
This
research, from noted industry research and advisory firm Gartner,
Inc., has been brought to you by IBM and will be available at no
charge until February 28, 2004.
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