Re: OT - SarBox paranoia prevention ?

From: Niall Litchfield <niall.litchfield_at_gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 20 Feb 2005 13:21:43 +0000
Message-ID: <7765c8970502200521466886d1@mail.gmail.com>

On Sat, 19 Feb 2005 19:17:16 -0500, David Wendelken <davewendelken_at_earthlink.net> wrote:
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> Mladen,
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> 1) Auditors are hired by management, not dbas.

don't know about sarbox but financial auditors are hired (at least in theory) not by management but shareholders, at least partly to keep an eye on those pointy haired jerks we entrusted with our cash.

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> 2) Auditors want to keep the people who hire them happy.
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> 3) Making life a pain in the butt for anybody but management will keep
> management happier.

trust me, auditors make managements life a PITA as well.

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