A law that came into force in the USA in 2002, extending the powers of the supervisory authorities and establishing a separate authority to monitor the financial reporting of listed companies. The relevant regulations also apply without restriction to foreign companies whose shares are admitted to trading on a North American stock exchange. – The investor protection requirements imposed in connection with the Act did in some cases lead to considerable additional costs for the companies concerned. But it has been shown that the far-reaching internal control measures prescribed by SOX have also uncovered considerable waste of resources and, consequently, sources of loss for the company. On the other hand, it is argued that SOX slows down change and innovation because it encourages an overcautious business policy that sticks to the traditional. – See Anderson scandal, disclosures, veiled, information overload, crystallization, Public Company Accounting Oversight Board, plain language, accounting, reckless, rule-based, Securities and Exchange Commission, understandability, predictions, materiality, reliability, fitness for purpose. – Cf. ECB Monthly Bulletin, September 2002, p. 35 f., ECB Monthly Bulletin, May 2005, p. 102 f.
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