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Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

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The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 is the name of a Congressional Act in the United States that sets regulatory requirements for corporate governance and internal control. Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 applies to publicly traded companies and some provisions also apply to privately held organizations.

Table of Contents

  • Title I - Public Company Accounting Oversight Board
    • Section 102 - Registration with the Board
    • Section 103 - Auditing, quality control, and independence standards and rules
    • Section 104 - Inspections of registered public accounting firms
    • Section 105 - Investigations and disciplinary proceedings
    • Section 106 - Foreign public accounting firms
    • Section 107 - Commission oversight of the Board
    • Section 108 - Accounting standards
    • Section 109 - Funding
  • Title II - Auditor Independence
    • Section 201 - Services outside the scope of practice of auditors
    • Section 202 - Preapproval requirements
    • Section 203 - Audit partner rotation
    • Section 204 - Auditor reports to audit committees
    • Section 205 - Conforming amendments
    • Section 206 - Conflicts of interest
    • Section 207 - Study of mandatory rotation of registered public accounting firms
    • Section 208 - Commission authority
    • Section 209 - Considerations by appropriate State regulatory authorities
  • Title III - Corporate Responsibility
    • Section 301 - Public company audit committees
    • Section 302 - Corporate Responsibility For Financial Reports
    • Section 303 - Improper influence on conduct of audits
    • Section 304 - Forfeiture of certain bonuses and profits
    • Section 305 - Officer and director bars and penalties
    • Section 306 - Insider trades during pension fund blackout periods
    • Section 307 - Rules of professional responsibility for attorneys
    • Section 308 - Fair funds for investors
  • Title IV - Enhanced Financial Disclosures
    • Section 401 - Disclosures in periodic reports
    • Section 402 - Enhanced conflict of interest provisions
    • Section 403 - Disclosures of transactions involving management and principal stockholders
    • Section 404 - Management Assessment Of Internal Controls
    • Section 405 - Exemption
    • Section 406 - Code of ethics for senior financial officers
    • Section 407 - Disclosure of audit committee financial expert
    • Section 408 - Enhanced review of periodic disclosures by issuers
    • Section 409 - Real time issuer disclosures
  • Title V - Analyst Conflicts of Interest
    • Section 501 - Treatment of securities analysts by registered securities associations and national securities exchanges
  • Title VI - Commission Resources and Authority
    • Section 601 - Authorization of appropriations
    • Section 602 - Appearance and practice before the Commission
    • Section 603 - Federal court authority to impose penny stock bars
    • Section 604 - Qualifications of associated persons of brokers and dealers
  • Title VII - Studies and Reports
    • Section 701 - GAO study and report regarding consolidation of public accounting firms
    • Section 702 - Commission study and report regarding credit rating agencies
    • Section 703 - Study and report on violators and violations
    • Section 704 - Study of enforcement actions
    • Section 705 - Study of investment banks
  • Title VIII - Corporate and Criminal Fraud Accountability
    • Section 801 - Short Title
    • Section 802 - Criminal penalties for altering documents
    • Section 803 - Debts nondischargeable if incurred in violation of securities fraud laws
    • Section 804 - Statute of limitations for securities fraud
    • Section 805 - Review of Federal Sentencing Guidelines for obstruction of justice and extensive criminal fraud
    • Section 806 - Protection for employees of publicly traded companies who provide evidence of fraud
    • Section 807 - Criminal penalties for defrauding shareholders of publicly traded companies
  • Title IX - White-Collar Crime Penalty Enhancements
    • Section 901 - Short Title
    • Section 902 - Attempts and conspiracies to commit criminal fraud offenses
    • Section 903 - Criminal penalties for mail and wire fraud
    • Section 904 - Criminal penalties for violations of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974
    • Section 905 - Amendment to sentencing guidelines relating to certain white-collar offenses
    • Section 906 - Corporate responsibility for financial reports
  • Title X - Corporate Tax Returns
    • Section 1001 - Sense of the Senate regarding the signing of corporate tax returns by chief executive officers
  • Title XI - Corporate Fraud and Accountability
    • Section 1101 - Short Title
    • Section 1102 - Tampering with a record or otherwise impeding an official proceeding
    • Section 1103 - Temporary freeze authority for the Securities and Exchange Commission
    • Section 1104 - Amendment to the Federal Sentencing Guidelines
    • Section 1105 - Authority of the Commission to prohibit persons from serving as officers or directors
    • Section 1106 - Increased criminal penalties under Securities Exchange Act of 1934
    • Section 1107 - Retaliation against informants

Notes

Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 was named after its sponsors Paul Sarbanes and Michael Oxley. Governance, Risk & Compliance Policy and Procedure Management Controls Management

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Term(s)

IDNameClearx
GRC6Controls ManagementGRC6
SOX302Corporate Responsibility for Financial Reports (SOX 302)SOX302
GRCGovernance, Risk & ComplianceGRC
SOX404Management Assessment Of Internal Controls (SOX 404)SOX404
GRC2Policy and Procedure ManagementGRC2
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