White Papers for Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX)

Realigning the Trade-offs between Stringent Controls, Efficiency & Business Risk

Oversight

Alfred Sloan, the legendary former CEO of General Motors, popularized financial controls for corporate
governance, but financial controls have never before received as much widespread attention as they do today. Thanks to the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, enterprises must devote significant resources to applying Sloan’s basic principles in today’s e-business world. As businesses seek to implement, document, monitor, and report on the effectiveness of their financial controls for Sarbanes-Oxley compliance, they are also readdressing issues that first rose with Sloan’s model for financial controls – how should businesses balance the tradeoffs between stringent controls, operational efficiency, and acceptable business risk?

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