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Sarbanes-Oxley for Nonprofits: A Guide to Building Competitive Advantage

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When I picked up "SARBANES-OXLEY FOR NONPROFITS - A Guide to Building Competitive Advantage" by Peggy Jackson and Toni Fogerty I was very sure that it only dealt with the whistleblower and document retention requirements of SOX. WRONG. This is a VERY comprehensive book about the requirements of SOX and its very real-world implications on non-profit organizations.

Before I go on and tell you more about this book you should know that nearly all of SOX does not apply to non-profits. But SOX contains a lot of practices that, while not required, are very good practices to adopt. These "best practice" are what makes SOX interesting to the non-profit and those that work with them. While this book will outline and explain all you need to know about complying with the required whistleblower and document retention provisions of SOX, it primarily walks you through SOX's "best practices" and why you should adopt them. Even though you aren't required to adopt these "best practices", your non-profit will have a competitive advantage over other non-profits if it does adopt them.

The authors have made this subject about as readable as is possible in this universe. I highly recommend this book. I only gave 4 stars instead of 5 because the sample policies in the back of the book have insufficient detail to be useful. You can find sample SOX required and "best practices" policies on the web, so it wouldn't have been that difficult to set up a website for this book making more detailed policies available to its readers for use.

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Mr. Tracy A. Pounders, Attorney and Counselor at Law, Dallas TX USA

Public pressure has been mounting to have nonprofits come under a higher level of scrutiny and regulation. Although only two provisions of SOX apply to both nonprofit and publicly traded companies (whistleblower protection and document preservation), visible compliance with SOX standards establishes a "platinum standard" and establishes a competitive advantage that can provide benefits to any nonprofit. We've designed the book to take the reader from wondering what Sarbanes-Oxley is all about to examining the various sample documents and procedures that can be used to introduce these best practices into your nonprofit. We believe that integrating SOX best practices can strengthen your nonprofit's commitment to fulfilling its mission. This book is a great companion toSarbanes-Oxley and Nonprofit Management: Skills, Techniques, and MethodsNonprofit Risk Management & Contingency Planning: Done in a Day StrategiesSarbanes-Oxley for Nonprofit Boards: A New Governance Paradigm