Sarbanes-Oxley for Dummies

Introduction

Part I: The Scene Before and After SOX
Chapter 1: The SOX Saga
Chapter 2: SOX in Sixty Seconds
Chapter 3: SOX and Securities Regulations
Chapter 4: SOX and Factual Financial Statements
Chapter 5: What's New for Non-Accelerated Filers

Part II: SOX in the City: Meeting New Standards
Chapter 6: A New Audit Ambience
Chapter 7: A Board to Audit the Auditors
Chapter 8: The Almighty Audit Committee
Chapter 9: Building Boards That Can't Be Bought
Chapter 10: SOX: Under New Management
Chapter 11: More Management Mandates

Part III: Scaling Down Section 404
Chapter 12: Clearing Up Confusion about Control
Chapter 13: Surviving a Section 404 Audit
Chapter 14: Taking the Terror Out of Testing

Part IV: SOX for Techies
Chapter 15: Getting Technical with SOX
Chapter 16: Surveying SOX Software
Chapter 17: Working with Some Actual SOX Software
Part V: To SOX-finity and Beyond
Chapter 18: Lawsuits under SOX
Chapter 19: The Surprising Scope of SOX

Part VI: The Part of Tens
Chapter 20: Ten Ways to Avoid Getting Sued or Criminally Prosecuted Under SOX
Chapter 21: Ten Tips for an Effective Audit Committee
Chapter 22: Ten Smart Management Moves
Chapter 23: Ten Things You Can't Ask an Auditor to Do After SOX
Chapter 24: Top Ten Places to Get Smart about SOX

Part VII: Appendixes
Appendix A: Selected Sections, Auditing Standard No. 5
Appendix B: Sample Certifications
Appendix C: Sample Audit Committee Charter
Appendix D: Sample Code of Ethics
Appendix E: Sample SAS 70 Report
Index