美国《2002年萨班斯—奥克斯利法》(Sarbanes?Oxley Act of 2002)于2002年通过,该法对《1934年证券交易法》进行了大幅修订,为在美国上市的所有公众公司的董事会、管理层和审计师事务所规定了新标准或提高了要求,特别是要求公众公司的CEO和CFO保证所提交的财务报告的真实可靠,公众公司还要保证与财务相关的内控机制有效,否则,CEO和CFO甚至要承担刑事责任。此外,该法还加强了公众公司审计委员会的独立性及其对董事会的监督职能等。正因为如此,这部法律被认为是美国自20世纪30年代以来对上市公司和独立会计师影响最大的美国证券立法,当然也因严格规制加重了公众公司守法成本,引起了有关维护美国资本市场竞争性与保护投资者利益之间关系的争论。 包括《2002年萨班斯—奥克斯利法》在内的美国证券法,对世界许多国家影响极大,是许多国家证券法的蓝本,对我国也极具重要的参考和借鉴价值。
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U.S.C. TITLE 15 — Commerce and Trade CHAPTER 98 — Public Company Accounting Reform and Corporate Responsibility1
Sarbanes?Oxley Act of 20022
Sec. 7201. Definitions.2 Sec. 7202. Commission rules and enforcement.8
SUBCHAPTER Ⅰ — PUBLIC COMPANY ACCOUNTING OVERSIGHT BOARD12
Sec. 7211. Establishment; administrative provisions.12 Sec. 7212. Registration with the Board.20 Sec. 7213. Auditing, quality control, and independence standards and rules.24 Sec. 7214. Inspections of registered public accounting firms.30 Sec. 7215. Investigations and disciplinary proceedings.36 Sec. 7216. Foreign public accounting firms.48 Sec. 7217. Commission oversight of the Board.52 Sec. 7218. Accounting standards.58 Sec. 7219. Funding.60
SUBCHAPTER Ⅱ — AUDITOR INDEPENDENCE66
Sec. 7231. Exemption authority.66 Sec. 7232. Study of mandatory rotation of registered public accounting firms.66 Sec. 7233. Commission authority.68 Sec. 7234. Considerations by appropriate State regulatory authorities.68
SUBCHAPTER Ⅲ — CORPORATE RESPONSIBILITY70
Sec. 7241. Corporate responsibility for financial reports.70 Sec. 7242. Improper influence on conduct of audits.72 Sec. 7243. Forfeiture of certain bonuses and profits.74 Sec. 7244. Insider trades during pension fund blackout periods.76 Sec. 7245. Rules of professional responsibility for attorneys.80 Sec. 7246. Fair funds for investors.82
SUBCHAPTER IV — ENHANCED FINANCIAL DISCLOSURES86
Sec. 7261. Disclosures in periodic reports.86 Sec. 7262. Management assessment of internal controls.88 Sec. 7263. Exemption.90 Sec. 7264. Code of ethics for senior financial officers.90 Sec. 7265. Disclosure of audit committee financial expert.92 Sec. 7266. Enhanced review of periodic disclosures by issuers.94
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