The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and the ethical issues that led to its creation serve as the foundation for this informative and groundbreaking book. Author William A. Stimson offers valuable insight about Sarbanes-Oxley, including its relationship with the ISO 9001 quality management system standard and how an existing ISO 9001 framework can be easily integrated with a company's financial system to achieve compliance with the requirements of the act. This integration also benefits companies by providing a single system of governance over all their operations. Stimson's innovative recommendations have the potential to transform the way quality is governed, benefiting both companies and customers.
Chapters include discusions on:
* Ethics in business
* Contracts, specifications, and standards
* Quality management systems
* The independent functions of Sarbanes-Oxley and ISO 9001
* ISO 9001 and Sarbanes-Oxley applied to one another
* Financial measures of quality
* And much more!