Auditing and Its Regulators : Reforms After Enron.

Describes Congressional proposals for reform in corporate auditing standards, procedures, regulations, and oversight against a backdrop of recent accounting irregularities and ethical lapses at Enron Corp., WorldCom, Inc., and other major U.S. corporations. Also outlines roles of the SEC, State boar...

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Corporate Authors:	Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service, ProQuest (Firm)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2002.
Series:	U.S. Congressional Research.
Subjects:	Accounting. Business ethics. Corporations. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

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Summary:	Describes Congressional proposals for reform in corporate auditing standards, procedures, regulations, and oversight against a backdrop of recent accounting irregularities and ethical lapses at Enron Corp., WorldCom, Inc., and other major U.S. corporations. Also outlines roles of the SEC, State boards of accountancy, the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, and the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board in regulating auditors.
Item Description:	Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed July 2010). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC. CRS Report. Electronic resource.
Physical Description:	1 online resource.