Administered by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) starting in 2002, the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX ... Oxley was enacted after the Enron and WorldCom scandals of the early 2000s.

The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 was passed to establish stricter regulations for public companies and accounting firms, aiming to prevent another scandal like Enron. By 2002, Andersen’s ...

The Enron scandal resulted in other new compliance ... U.S. Congress. “H.R.3763 — Sarbanes–Oxley Act of 2002.” U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. “U.S. Securities and Exchange ...

Bush signed the Sarbanes–Oxley Act into law. The act heightened the ... statements and for trying to defraud shareholders. The Enron scandal resulted in other new compliance measures.

was sentenced for his role in the massive accounting fraud that caused Enron's spectacular collapse. (The fraud led to much stricter accounting standards under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act.) Skilling ...