Establishing An Effective Whistleblower Complaint-Handling Process

Sponsored By Grant Thornton LLP

Topics:

Accounting > Accounting Standards

Compliance & Governance > Board Memberships

Professional Services > Consulting

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Abstract:

Addresses an important mandate of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act: the requirement that audit committees establish procedures for receiving, documenting, and handling complaints related to accounting and auditing matters. The paper outlines the Model Accounting Complaint-Handling (MACH) Process, a step-by-step approach to establishing a corporate whistleblower program. Among the issues examined are:

• Employee confidentiality
• Information disclosure
• Stakeholder needs
• Monitoring and performance metrics

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Released: July 22, 2009

Length: 21 pages

Format: PDF (2164 kb)

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