During the first year of the SOX Section 404 reporting requirements (effective November 15, 2004), many adverse Section 404 audit reports were a "surprise'' in that management had not previously warned investors of the internal control deficiencies (ICDs) in SEC filings under Section 302...

Over the past two decades, the corporate governance literature in accounting and auditing has grown rapidly. To better understand this body of work, we discuss 12 recent literature review or meta-analysis papers and summarize selected results (i.e., clusters of papers with new and interesting...

Given the board of directors’ oversight role with respect to internal control systems, we examine how disclosures of internal control material weaknesses under Sarbanes-Oxley Section 404 affect shareholders’ voting in director elections. We find that the presence of material weaknesses is...