The days of looking at the ledger book to determine how your business is doing are officially over. The new post-Sarbanes-Oxley world is measured by an entirely new yardstick. Corporate accountability is no longer the elephant in the room, or the canary in the coalmine. It's a mission statement sent from up high (the boardroom) and higher (your customers) -and it isn't a nice-to-do, but a must-have. Pick your corporate scandal: Kickbacks, lead paint fiascos, and inappropriate accounting procedures have put pressure on organizations to become truly responsible from the top down and the inside out. The market is demanding that the buck not only stops at the top, but also at the back gate, on the manufacturing floor, and at the shipping port.
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