Sarbanes-oxley: Compliance or sham?
โ Scribed by Gordon Smith
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2004
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 43 KB
- Volume
- 15
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1044-8136
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โฆ Synopsis
Abstract
The author, an IT auditing expert, warns that some companies may be looking for ways to appear to be in complianceโwhen they really are not. ยฉ 2004 Canaudit, Inc.
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