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Sarbox for community hospitals?
We've noted before that many nonprofits are embracing Sarbanes-Oxley-like practices on a voluntary basis. No harm in that. Community hospitals are an interesting case. Nonprofit hospitals account for Read more...
ALSO NOTED: Citigroup seeks more financial expertise for board;
> Jeffrey Skilling appeals the Enron decision. Article> Security and compliance increasingly requires a Read more...
KPMG liable for mortgage lender implosion
Once again, we can ask: Wasn't Sarbanes-Oxley supposed to prevent this? Mortgage fraud has been front-page news. A 581-page report by a bankruptcy court examiner has found that New Century--a Read more...
ALSO NOTED: CEO succession planning a good idea from Sarbox perspective;
> At Fidelity, a whistleblower emerges. Article > CEO succession planning a good idea from Read more...
Similarities between Bear Stearns and Enron?
The notion that Bear Stearns and Enron both were felled by panicked runs has been floating around recently. It's a tough issue. Enron's fall was preceded by massive fraud (according to the Lay and Read more...
Ignore whistleblowers at your peril
Recall that Section 302 of Sarbanes-Oxley requires companies to set up a venue where whistleblowers can report misdoings. That caused a lot of companies to scramble. But what is done with those Read more...
ALSO NOTED: FBI warns accountants on money laundering; Ethics lapses to pre-Enron levels;
> Whew! SEC completes Novell review. Article > More ethics concerns lapses to pre-Enron levels. Read more...
Enron "whistleblower" a fraud?
Lynn Brewer has achieved fame with her new book Confessions of an Enron Executive: A Whistleblower's Story. She has given up to 200 speeches including the keynote address at a Sarbanes-Oxley Read more...

