Internal controls are apparently no worse for the wear following economic crisis, and for nearly half of companies they may even be stronger, according to a new poll from consulting firm Protiviti.
Nearly 90 percent of finance and audit executives who participated in the survey said their Sarbanes-Oxley compliance efforts suffered no ill effects from the global recession; 45 percent said their internal controls are better today than they were a year earlier. The 2011 Sarbanes-Oxley compliance survey is meant to gather feedback from SOX leaders and auditors across a variety of industries to assess the current state of compliance, costs, benefits, and value.
