Thursday, May 26, 2005

More international implications for SOX

Well, Canada has decided that they will pursue a Sarbanes Oxley-like legislation. This follows Japan, and the EU meaning anyone doing business internationally will need to file for SOX in a variety of countries.

I’ve written about SOX pretty often, but I actually think it’s been a good thing for HR. The focus on documenting and validating process in not something that HR has always done well, and this has forced us to do it.