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Sarbanes-Oxley News
Article:
Duke cheating scandal shows need for Sarbanes-Oxley corporate reform
Thirty four students have been punished at Duke's Fuqua Business School for cheating. Statistics indicate that business school students cheat at higher rates than other graduate students---an alarming fact considering recent high profile financial scandals. The Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX) was created to improve corporate governance, transparency, and accountability. Its Section 404 mandates that internal controls over financial processes be adequate and is the law's most costly part. The costs of achieving SOX compliance have been derided by many, but these recent developments indicate that the benefits of Sarbanes-Oxley will probably exceed the costs in the
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