1. Enron and the Sarbanes Oxley Act
... affiliation with anyone in the company or have previously worked for the company within the last 5 years, and all members must have financial literacy with at least one of the five members having an accounting background (Buckstein). Before the SOX reform, BOD and audit committee members had little to no financial literacy and therefore had no idea what the financial reports ... required to disclose whether or not they have a code of ethics and if they do not, they must defend why (Maleske). Ironically, Enron had a code of ethics that was sixty-five pages long and stated that all employ...
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