Manager's Guide to the Sarbanes-Oxley Act

by Scott Green

  Boards of all shapes and sizes are  wondering about the affect that Sarbanes-Oxley act will have upon their  operations, accountability, and liability. But what about the managers running  the day-to-day operations? Mr. Green kept his promise to "introduce  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."

While larger companies can afford  to spend millions of dollars to implement control system monitoring tools,  managers of small to mid-sized companies can be unsure of how to move forward if  their budgets can't accommodate expensive advisors and systems. Mr. Green tells  us in a forthright and clear manner that we must not depend on others to audit  accountability into our reporting systems any more than we are able to test  reliability or quality into our products. He places responsibility for our  transparent transactions squarely on the shoulders of every manager and every  employee throughout the organization.

The "Control Smart" approach to  understanding where we need to make transformational changes and where we can  live with transitional changes is easy to understand even as it is complex and  difficult to execute. But we must all attempt to do so. Green insists that we  can "walk our talk by taking the culture of our companies seriously. We are able  to create positive values as company objectives and appropriately compensate  those who uphold the company image." In this well written book, you will find  the answer to just what it is that managers today need to do to implement the  spirit and the law of Sarbanes-Oxley.

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