• Sarbanes-Oxley
• COSO
• ERM
• COBIT
• IFRS
• BASEL II
• OMBs A-123
• ASX 10
• OECD Principles
• Turnbull Guidance

MANAGER’S GUIDE TO COMPLIANCE
Sarbanes-Oxley, COSO, ERM, COBIT, IFRS, BASEL II, OMBs, A-123, ASX-10, OECD Principles, Turnbull Guidance

Best Practices and Case Studies

Scandals have always acted as an effective catalyst to force improved corporate governance and transparency. Worldwide scandals such as the Enron, WorldCom, Parmalat, and Ahold incidents exposed the lack of integrity in those entrusted with good corporate governance. Manager’s Guide to Compliance: Best Practices and Case Studies is essential reading for professionals facing the growing challenge to improve internal controls in the information technology, operations, finance, and supply chain fields. This timely resource places critical compliance guidance as well as U.S. and global regulatory information at your fingertips.

Adding value beyond a reference, author Anthony Tarantino, a leading authority on the implementation of internal controls, shares best practices tools and offers real-world case studies to show managers how compliance can be achieved at maximum value to their organization. In addition, this handbook provides a high-level overview of the many compliance and governance initiatives underway throughout the world.

Whether companies or industries are based in the United States, the European Union, Russia, China, or other nations, investors demand a level playing field in comparing financial results. Manager’s Guide to Compliance: Best Practices and Case Studies prepares professionals to “clean house” with detailed discussion of:

• U.S. Sarbanes-Oxley Sections 401a, 404, 406, and 409 and the impact of SOX on small and foreign filers, privately held businesses, and nonprofits
• SOX-like legislation coming to Australia, Canada, and the U.K.
• Efforts to improve internal controls in the health, banking, and insurance industries
• The movement to create principles-based guidelines by the OECD
• A comparison of the global GAAP by the IFRS to U.S. SOX and U.S. GAAP
• The impact on outsourcing with discussion of the SAS 70 audit process
• Best practices in internal controls, accompanied by several case studies
• A cost versus benefits analysis
• Mapping COBIT to COSO I, COSO II, & the PCAOB
• Best practices in internal controls Enterprise Risk Management (ERM)
• BASEL II
• The U.S. government’s version of U.S. SOX: OMB Circular A-123
• Best practices in compliance and internal controls: ASX 10 Principles

A useful introductory handbook for internal and external auditors as well as for regulators, Manager’s Guide to Compliance: Best Practices and Case Studies is the guide for current global compliance regulations to keep your company moving forward in challenging times.

ANTHONY G. TARANTINO, PHD, has thirty years of business management experience, is the author of over a dozen published articles and white papers on compliance, and is a frequent speaker to professional associations. He held a CPM and CPIM designation for twenty years and is preparing for his black belt in Six Sigma. He has led over a dozen compliance initiatives including designing and implementing compliance software tools, leading internal audit, conducting 404 readinesses, and implementing internal controls best practices for U.S., European, and Asian companies.