Auditing & Assurance Services: A Systematic Approach (Irwin Accounting)
Auditing & Assurance Services: A Systematic Approach (Irwin Accounting)
10th Edition
ISBN: 9780077732509
Author: William F Messier Jr, Steven M. Glover Associate Professor, Douglas F. Prawitt Associate Professor
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 20, Problem 20.24MCQ
To determine

Introduction:

Sarbanes-Oxley Act, 2002, is an investor protection act that has been implemented to curtail fraudulent reporting, enhance corporate governance and safe guard the interest of investors, whistle blowers and users of pubic information published by companies.

The Sarbanes-Oxley act prescribes various provision on auditor qualifications, audit quality, protection of whistle blowers via making retaliation punishable and establishment of ‘Public Company Accounting Oversight Board’.

To select: The correct option.

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