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		<title><![CDATA[Will the Financial Crisis Reinforce the Glass Ceiling?]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.bnet.com/bnet1/?p=1654]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[  	The Find: A survey of the impact of the financial crisis on women's careers indicates that many believe the turmoil in the economy will end up reinforcing the glass ceiling, at least in the UK.  	The Source: A recent survey of more than 1,000 workers in the...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2009 05:02:09 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[How Quality Assurance Reviews Can Strengthen the Strategic Value of Internal Auditing]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=237193]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[In response to an increased focus on effective governance, the Institute of Internal Auditors IIA issued two key provisions to revise standards for the practice of internal audit in 2002. Of the two provisions, the external Quality Assurance Review QAR is considered to be particularly important, reflecting the enhanced role...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Jun 2006 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[2006: Current Developments for Audit Committees]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=237788]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Audit committees have had a busy few years, and some still struggle to strike the right balance between monitoring management and providing advice and counsel. This is especially important in light of landmark settlements that obligated directors to pay damages from their own pockets following major corporate failures. Although they...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Feb 2006 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[U.S. Multinationals Looking Beyond Initial Sarbanes 404 Compliance to Business Improvement]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=155186]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[This document talks about a survey of top executives of large, U.S.-based multinational businesses and presents its findings. It depicts that most senior executives take a positive view of their company's initial compliance with Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. The majority has since moved on to align their quarterly...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Nov 2005 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[U.S. Multinationals Look to Technology for Improvements in Future Sarbanes 404 Efforts]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=154336]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Nearly half of senior executives say their company made only satisfactory use of technology in support of its initial Sarbanes Section 404 compliance efforts. But major reinforcements are on their way for year-two. The article outlines that three in four U.S. multinationals will be making significant technology changes, directed almost...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Oct 2005 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[2005 Wireless Industry Survey: North America]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=153322]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[The PricewaterhouseCoopers' Wireless Industry Survey covers the financial and operational reporting policies and practices of wireless telecommunication service providers in the U.S. and Canada. The primary goal of this report is to better understand the comparability of financial statements and industry performance measurements reported by wireless communications companies with a...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Sep 2005 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Sarbanes-Oxley: How Much Is Enough?]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=154337]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[The effects of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act are still being felt throughout the US economy. The Act - which has resulted in major changes to compliance practices at nearly 85 percent of large U.S. multinational companies - requires executives, boards of directors and auditors to take precise measures to bring about...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Aug 2005 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Compliance and Technology: A Special Report on Process Improvement and Automation in the Age of Sarbanes-Oxley]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=154333]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[This report explores the role of automation in companies' efforts to comply with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. It seeks to uncover and identify how companies seek to enhance their processes and systems now that the first phase of compliance is drawing to a close. It explores the progress companies...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Aug 2005 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Regulation: A Global Overview]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=156178]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Liberalisation of financial markets during the 1980s has led, paradoxically, to a proliferation of financial regulation on an unprecedented scale. The speed with which money can be moved around the world - at the click of a mouse or return key - has frightening political, economic and fiscal implications, particularly...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Jul 2005 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Sustainable From the Start]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=147772]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, the US Congress's sweeping reaction to a series of corporate scandals, is having a profound impact on US companies. Section 404, which places new obligations on companies to assess and report on the effectiveness of internal controls, has been particularly challenging. European and other non-US...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Jun 2005 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Sarbanes-Oxley Affords Opportunities to Improve Sourcing]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=147710]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[The burden of complying with Sarbanes-Oxley has been a major topic of public debate of late. The federal legislation, which aims to deter fraud in public companies, requires stringent internal controls over significant financial transactions, including procurement of goods and services. There's no question the law is costly to comply...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jun 2005 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[How to Move Your Company to Sustainable Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance - From Project to Process]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=140524]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[A sustainable approach to Sarbanes-Oxley requires a transition in both form and function - out of a "one-time project" approach and into a mode in which compliance is well integrated into a company's daily operations. As companies learned in the first year of implementation, the cost of the project approach,...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 May 2005 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Sarbanes-Oxley: Health Research Institute- Not-for-Profit Healthcare Update]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=153182]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[The paper outlines that Sarbanes-Oxley was passed to restore public confidence in the financial reporting of publicly traded companies. One major development since passage of the Act was recognition that private entities, including not-for-profit health systems, deal with many of the same issues that plagued publicly traded companies. Some sections...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 May 2005 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Sarbanes-Oxley: Health Research Institute - Not-for-Pro?t Healthcare Update]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=237803]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[The Sarbanes-Oxley Act (the "Act" or "Sarbanes-Oxley") was passed to restore public confidence in the financial reporting of publicly traded companies. One major development in the three years following the passage of the Act was the recognition that private entities, including not-for-profit health systems, deal with many of the same...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 May 2005 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[SarbOx - A Deal Breaker?]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=153203]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 ("the Act"), the United States' response to a number of high profile corporate scandals, is having a significant impact on the way US companies are run, and Mergers and Acquisitions ("M&A") have not escaped its effect. Whilst M&A does not get a specific mention in...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Apr 2005 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Surer Footing: Turning Governance Into Competitive Advantage]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=143088]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[This article provides a good overview of some of the challenges that companies foresaw and how they were responding. The US insurance regulators are considering a wider application of Sarbanes-Oxley requirements to unlisted US insurance companies, including subsidiaries of foreign groups. The Sarbanes-Oxley developments could therefore have a much greater...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Mar 2005 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Roadmap For An IPO: A Guide To Going Public]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=316293]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Going public is a monumental decision for any company. It forever changes how a company goes about doing business. The actual process of going public can be time-consuming, expensive, and take a substantial amount of key management focus away from the day-to-day operations of the company. This paper attempts to...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Jan 2005 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Sarbanes-Oxley Act: Section 404]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=140530]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[This paper is designed to assist management in its efforts to satisfy its responsibilities established by the Public Company Accounting Reform and Investor Protection Act of 2002. The paper is based on rule-making and guidance available as of July 2, 2004; accordingly, as new rules or modifications or interpretations to...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Sep 2004 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Global Automotive Financial Review]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=112838]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[A summary of technical reporting issues of particular importance to automotive companies is provided. With respect to guidance applicable to each topic, the paper provides representative quotations from financial statement footnotes to illustrate how automotive companies are dealing with these issues in their annual reports and Form 10-Ks. The disclosures...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Sep 2004 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[2003 Global Automotive Financial Review]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=140570]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[The report presents the 2003 Global Automotive Financial Review - a summary of significant financial data, trends and practices as reported by leading global vehicle manufacturers and suppliers. It also includes a series of articles touching on selected matters affecting the industry. In the opening sections, the paper summarizes the...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Sep 2004 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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