The failure to remediate previously disclosed material weaknesses in internal controls

Auditing

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 73-111

  Hammersley, Jacqueline S ^a   Myers, Linda A ^b   Zhou, Jian ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Internal controls; Material weaknesses; Remediation; Sarbanes oxley act

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860997163     PISSN: 02780380     EISSN: 15587991     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2308/ajpt-10268     Document Type: Article

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