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Explain an auditor's responsibility in detecting and reporting fraud for a publicly traded company (SOX Section 404).

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Explain an auditor's responsibility in detecting and reporting fraud for a publicly traded company (SOX Section 404).

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Explain an auditor's responsibility in detecting and reporting fraud for a publicly traded company (SOX Section 404).

The auditor has several responsibilities under Section 404. The main point of Section 404 is to ensure that if an auditor does find any implication of fraud, the ...

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