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Has SOX improved the quality of the audit? Why or why not? How do you think SOX has affected the jobs of accountants and internal auditors within your company?

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Has SOX improved the quality of the audit? Why or why not? How do you think SOX has affected the jobs of accountants and internal auditors within your company?

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Yes the SOX has improved the quality of the audit substantially. There are several reasons for this assessment. Most important the auditors have stopped accepting 'internal audit' work and 'management consulting' work. The SOX has made them very careful in their auditing work. In particular the auditors carry out extensive examination of off-balance-sheet ...

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