One sign of the maturation of the Sarbanes Oxley industry is the emergence of an industry awards programs. The SOX Institute aims to honor professionals, consultants and executives with MVP awards in finance and/or accounting, IT, management, legal and ethics and internal auditing. Nominations will be accepted through the end of the month. The winners will be announced in December. A good way to let your professionals know you appreciate them is to nominate them. And let people in your firms know about it. Release [1]