For a company that has gone public three different times—both before and after enactment of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act—food-service giant Aramark certainly brings a unique perspective to the growing pains of SOX compliance and the lessons learned along the way.

Jaclyn Jaeger is a freelance contributor to Compliance Week after working for the company for 15 years. She writes on a wide variety of topics, including ethics and compliance, risk management, legal,...