Influência da lei Sarbanes-Oxley e do código civil brasileiro nos controles internos de empresas localizadas no Brasil

Abstract

At a time when there are active debates on-going concerning transparency and ethics within organizations, particularly following the publication of the North American Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX) and of the latest brazilian Civil Code, the object of this study is to examine the influence of these laws on the internal control systems of companies that are registered with The Federation of Industries of the State of São Paulo (FIESP). An initial premise adopted is that these controls are the basis for the maintenance of good practice in corporate governance, and function as a support tool for the controllership in the exercise of their functions. To examine this a field study was carried out, using a questionnaire as an instrument, which was sent to 174 companies that are either Brazilian owned or are subsidiaries of North American companies that are registered with FIESP, of which 48 replies were received from their executives. After the collation and analysis of the data it was concluded that all of the North Ame