Sarbanes-Oxley For Dummies Book

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.