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Fidelity Investments, the mutual fund and brokerage behemoth, is privately held, so Sarbanes-Oxley does not apply. But two employees have invoked the law's whistleblower protection clauses as they Read more...

For a while, people assumed that the Sarbanes-Oxley whistleblower provision would encourage employees to come forward. It hasn't really worked out that way. We've noted that very few whistleblowers Read more...

> At Fidelity, a whistleblower emerges. Article > CEO succession planning a good idea from Read more...

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...

So how to evaluate the effect of Sarbanes Oxley? We all know that big-company restatements have declined. We know that more companies, in year three, are getting more comfortable with the processes. Read more...

The saga of Wal-Mart employee Chalace Epley Lowry continues. The latest news is that OSHA has opened a whistleblower investigation based on her complaints. Recall that she fingered an executive for Read more...

It's no secret that whistle blowers have not fared well under Sarbanes Oxley. Very few of the 491 whistleblower complaints of retaliation filed with OSHA have led to rulings for the employee, Read more...

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...

> We've noted that the batting average for people seeking protection under Sarbanes-Oxley's Read more...

We've noted that financial whistleblowers have not fared well, despite the Read more...