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You are here > Home > Reading Lists > Finance & Accounting > Manager's Guide to the Sarbanes-Oxley Act

Manager's Guide to the Sarbanes-Oxley Act: Improving Internal Controls to Prevent Fraud
edited by Scott Green

Hardcover: 256 pages 
ISBN 0471569755
Wiley / Jossey-Bass
February 2004
(click below for the best currently available price for this important resource)

 

Need help ensuring your company complies with Sarbanes-Oxley? Armed with this hands-on guide, you can detect early signs of fraud and operational loss, and safeguard your job, your employees' jobs, and the long-term success of your company. Don't let fraud derail your career.

 

You can protect yourself with the fail-safe Control Smart method found in Manager's Guide to the Sarbanes-Oxley Act.

Manager's Guide to the Sarbanes-Oxley Act provides a highly accessible, simple, and practical approach to help you assess your internal control structure at the transaction level. This book should be read by:

  • CEOs

  • Board Trustees

  • CFOs

  • Compliance Officers, and,

  • All others involved in your organization's accounting processes

You may view an excerpt of this book here. In reaction to high-profile frauds and congressional legislation, the SEC mandated that managers of public companies certify that they have an operational system of internal controls. While larger companies can afford to spend millions of dollars to implement control system monitoring tools, managers of small to mid-sized companies and organizations can be unsure of how to move forward if their budgets can't accommodate expensive advisors and systems. 

 

Designed to be "a cure for the Sarbanes-Oxley headache and common fraud," Manager's Guide to the Sarbanes-Oxley Act introduces the groundbreaking and practical "Control Smart" approach that not only meets the requirements of Sarbanes-Oxley, but also alerts you if operational controls stop working or are otherwise compromised. This simple template helps you identify and understand operational threats, and guides you through a comprehensive evaluation of your system of internal controls to mitigate these risks. Manager's Guide to the Sarbanes-Oxley Act features:

  • A razor-sharp method to monitor the operational risks inherent in your business

  • Numerous real-world examples illustrating how to avoid common pitfalls, such as those faced by Harvard University's Hasty Pudding Theatricals, Adelphia Communications, and Bridgestone Corporation (Firestone)

  • Case studies and vignettes highlighting the personalities at Enron and Tyco who enabled a fraudulent corporate culture, as well as what one person did right to reveal the smoke-and-mirrors accounting practiced at WorldCom

  • Clear, jargon-free coverage of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and how it affects you

This Guide fully covers these topics:

  • Sarbanes-Oxley Myth.

    • Legislating Evil Out of Our Corporations.

    • Employees, Fraud, and Lessons Forgotten.

    • Why You Should Not Rely on Auditors.

    • You Can’t Trust the Lawyers Either.

    • Supporting the Fraud Culture.

    • What Really Works.

  • Control Smart Approach.

    • Smart Basics.

    • Case Study: Andy Fastow’s Shell Game.

  • Threats and Dangers.

    • How to Recognize a Pending Nightmare.

    • I See It. Should I Worry?

    • Whose Job Is It Anyway?

  • Know Yourself.

    • Do You Have Decision Rights?

    • Key Activities Model.

    • Tell Your Story.

  • Identify Where You Are Vulnerable.

    • What Are Controls?

    • Pull Levers—Often.

    • Activities That Improve Your Business.

  • Smart Links.

    • Step 1: Establish Behavioral Boundaries.

    • Step 2: Choose Your Customers.

    • Step 3: Did You Get What You Paid For?

      • Case Study: Greed’s Siren Song: Dennis Kozlowski.

    • Step 4:Who’s Reading Your E-mail?

    • Step 5:What’s It Really Worth?

    • Step 6: Growth Busters!

    • Step 7: Has Your Ship Sailed?

    • Step 8: Keep Everyone Happy.

    • Step 9: Cash Is the Same as Money.

    • Step 10:Where Did It Go? How Do You Know?

    • Step 11:Take Your Temperature Often.

    • Step 12: Speaking Out Loud to a Crowd.

      • Case Study:The Cynthia Cooper Story.

    • Step 13: Knowing the Best and Brightest.

  • Protect Yourself.

    • Find Those Gaps:The Dentex Case.

    • Applying Smart Links.

    • Interrupting an Embezzlement.

    • Finishing the Job.

    • Applying Smart Links to Financial Reporting Processes.

  • Monitor Your Health.

    • What Is Driving Your Business?

    • We Know We Are Better!

    • Are We There Yet?

    • What Happens Now?

  • A Call to Action.

  • Appendix A: Statement of Values.

  • Appendix B: Key Performance Indicator Reporting.

  • Appendix C: Examples of Key Performance Indicators.

  • Appendix D: Control Activities.

  • Appendix E: Example of Section 302 Certification.

  • Appendix F: Attestation Checklist.

SCOTT GREEN, CPA, is the Global Head of Audit and Compliance for Weil, Gotshal & Manges, one of the largest law firms in the world and a leader in the practice of corporate governance. A graduate of the University of Idaho and the Harvard Business School, he is a recognized expert on management controls with more than fifteen years of experience in the field. He has also taught finance and banking at Hofstra University.

(information from the publisher)

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