
Principles Of Auditing & Other Assurance Services
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ISBN: 9781259916984
Author: WHITTINGTON, Ray, Pany, Kurt
Publisher: Mcgraw-hill Education,
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Chapter 1, Problem 29HOQ
Which of the following did not precipitate the passage of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 to regulate public accounting firms?
- (1) Disclosures related to accounting irregularities at Enron and WorldCom.
- (2) Restatements of financial statements by a number of public companies.
- (3) Conviction of the accounting firm of Arthur Andersen LLP.
- (4) Ethical scandals at the AICPA.
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