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| How involved is your CEO in significant corporate financial decisions? | |||
| All | Public | Private | |
| Deeply involved — wants to understand all the details | 44% | 48% | 44% |
| Moderately involved — understands all implications, if not details | 47% | 47% | 45% |
| Less involved — generally content to delegate financial decisions | 8% | 4% | 11% |
| Not sure | 0% | 1% | 0% |
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| Has the involvement of your CEO increased since the enactment of Sarbanes-Oxley (Sarbox)? | |||
| All | Public | Private | |
| Yes | 22% | 46% | 10% |
| No | 70% | 50% | 82% |
| Not sure | 8% | 4% | 9% |
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| How much time do you spend post-Sarbox explaining finance issues to business executives? | |||
| Much less | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Somewhat less | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Same | 47% | 24% | 59% |
| Somewhat more | 43% | 61% | 36% |
| Much more | 10% | 15% | 5% |
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| In general, how well does your CEO understand finance issues? | |||
| All | Public | Private | |
| Extremely well | 27% | 34% | 25% |
| Very well | 40% | 46% | 36% |
| Moderatly well | 27% | 18% | 30% |
| Not too well | 5% | 2% | 6% |
| Poorly | 2% | 0% | 3% |
| Not sure | 0% | 0% | 0% |
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| Has your CEO's understanding of finance improved since the enactment of Sarbox? | |||
| All | Public | Private | |
| Yes | 20% | 33% | 12% |
| No | 61% | 47% | 70% |
| Not sure | 19% | 21% | 18% |
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| How would you rate your CEO's grasp of balance sheets? | |||
| All | Public | Private | |
| Poor | 4% | 1% | 4% |
| Not very good | 10% | 3% | 12% |
| Moderate | 28% | 25% | 31% |
| Good | 38% | 44% | 35% |
| Outstanding | 21% | 27% | 19% |
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| How would you rate your CEO's grasp of cash-flow statements? | |||
| All | Public | Private | |
| Poor | 5% | 1% | 5% |
| Not very good | 17% | 12% | 20% |
| Moderate | 26% | 24% | 27% |
| Good | 32% | 37% | 30% |
| Outstanding | 20% | 26% | 17% |
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| How would you rate your CEO's grasp of revenue recognition? | |||
| All | Public | Private | |
| Poor | 6% | 1% | 8% |
| Not very good | 9% | 3% | 12% |
| Moderate | 24% | 18% | 28% |
| Good | 39% | 54% | 32% |
| Outstanding | 22% | 24% | 21% |
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| How would you rate your CEO's grasp of off-balance-sheet finance? | |||
| All | Public | Private | |
| Poor | 18% | 6% | 21% |
| Not very good | 27% | 24% | 30% |
| Moderate | 24% | 29% | 24% |
| Good | 21% | 29% | 18% |
| Outstanding | 10% | 13% | 8% |
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| How would you rate your CEO's grasp of SEC disclosure requirements | |||
| All | Public | Private | |
| Poor | 25% | 6% | 36% |
| Not very good | 23% | 14% | 28% |
| Moderate | 23% | 33% | 21% |
| Good | 21% | 33% | 10% |
| Outstanding | 8% | 15% | 5% |
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| How would you rate your CEO's grasp of internal controls? | |||
| All | Public | Private | |
| Poor | 7% | 1% | 10% |
| Not very good | 20% | 12% | 25% |
| Moderate | 33% | 30% | 35% |
| Good | 28% | 40% | 20% |
| Outstanding | 13% | 16% | 10% |
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| Before Sarbox, would it have been possible for your CEO to remain unaware of a major financial fraud? | |||
| All | Public | Private | |
| Yes | 29% | 31% | 29% |
| No | 55% | 49% | 54% |
| Not sure | 16% | 20% | 18% |
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| Would it be possible today? | |||
| All | Public | Private | |
| Yes | 18% | 14% | 23% |
| No | 64% | 71% | 55% |
| Not sure | 17% | 14% | 21% |
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| How likely is it that ex-CEO Bernard Ebbers was unaware of WorldCom's fraud? | |||
| All | Public | Private | |
| Very unlikely | 60% | 62% | 63% |
| Somewhat unlikely | 21% | 21% | 19% |
| Neither likely nor unlikely | 6% | 6% | 5% |
| Somewhat likely | 5% | 4% | 5% |
| Very likely | 8% | 7% | 8% |
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| What is your company's approximate annual revenue? | |||
| All | Public | Private | |
| <$100 million | 50% | 21% | 65% |
| $100 million-$249 million | 14% | 13% | 15% |
| $250 million-$499 million | 10% | 11% | 9% |
| $500 million-$999 million | 7% | 11% | 5% |
| $1 billion-$4.9 billion | 10% | 23% | 3% |
| $5 billion-$10 billion | 2% | 71% | 1% |
| >$10 billion | 6% | 14% | 2% |
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| What is your company's industry? | |||
| All | Public | Private | |
| Retail/Wholesale | 10% | 7% | 13% |
| Mining/Construction | 4% | 3% | 4% |
| Manufacturing | 24% | 28% | 25% |
| Transportation/Energy | 3% | 4% | 2% |
| Communications/Media | 4% | 4 | 3% |
| Technology | 10% | 17% | 6% |
| Banking, Insurance, Financial Services | 11% | 11% | 11% |
| Services/Consulting | 7% | 8% | 9% |
| Health Care/Pharmaceuticals | 6% | 3% | 6% |
| Other | 22% | 14% | 21% |
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