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The benefits of Sarbanes-Oxley and corporate governance measured against the costs
Dissertation (MBA)--University of Pretoria, 2010.
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/23467 The benefits of Sarbanes-Oxley and corporate governance measured against the costs Segal, Nick upetd@up.ac.za Motala, Salim UCTD Corporate governance Dissertation (MBA)--University of Pretoria, 2010. The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (SOX) is the only legislated corporate governance structure, and is aimed at increasing investor confidence in public companies by forcing them to be transparent in their financial affairs. In order for companies to comply with the legislation, significant costs need to be incurred without any guarantee that the benefits will accrue to the investors or the company. The legislation will be regarded as being successful if a) the benefits and costs can be identified and b) the benefits exceed the costs. This study reviews the SOX legislation elements using documentary and secondary interview research, and reveals a convergence between the two. While the purpose of the regulation is to prevent fraud and restore investor confidence, there was no empirical evidence suggesting that investor confidence has increased after complying with the legislation. The benefits of complying with the legislation appear to be access to capital markets in the United States, and awareness of the controls environment by all employees. The costs incurred are listed as initial implementation costs and ongoing sustainable costs, and the overall costs are greater than benefits obtained. In the long term, benefits should exceed the costs, as the sustainable costs are low compared to implementation costs. Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS) unrestricted 2013-09-06T15:25:25Z 2010-06-17 2013-09-06T15:25:25Z 2008-04-03 2010-06-17 2010-03-25 Dissertation Motala, S 2007, The benefits of Sarbanes-Oxley and corporate governance measured against the costs, MBA dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd < http://hdl.handle.net/2263/23467 > G10/172/ag http://hdl.handle.net/2263/23467 http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-03252010-144800/ © 2007 University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria application/pdf University of Pretoria |
| spellingShingle | UCTD Corporate governance The benefits of Sarbanes-Oxley and corporate governance measured against the costs |
| title | The benefits of Sarbanes-Oxley and corporate governance measured against the costs |
| title_full | The benefits of Sarbanes-Oxley and corporate governance measured against the costs |
| title_fullStr | The benefits of Sarbanes-Oxley and corporate governance measured against the costs |
| title_full_unstemmed | The benefits of Sarbanes-Oxley and corporate governance measured against the costs |
| title_short | The benefits of Sarbanes-Oxley and corporate governance measured against the costs |
| title_sort | benefits of sarbanes oxley and corporate governance measured against the costs |
| topic | UCTD Corporate governance |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/23467 http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-03252010-144800/ |