Sarbanes Oxley and Its Implications for Managers and Auditors

Who: Christopher M. Meakin, Assistant Dean,
MBA Program Office

What: Business Ethics Program Speaker Series

When: April 18, 2005     12 p.m. -1:00 p.m.
RSVPs required.  Limited seating.

Where:  GSB 4.350, McCombs School of Business, 21st and Speedway

Why attend: Sarbanes-Oxley has been called the most sweeping corporate regulation measure in decades. Congress intended, among other things, to assure that auditors will point out financial shenanigans by their corporate clients before fraud or conflicts of interest can hurt a company, its employees and its investors.

Bio: Christopher Meakin is the Assistant Dean for Academics in the MBA Program Office and an Assistant Professor in MSIS. He earned his undergraduate degree from Texas A&M and his MA and JD from the University of Houston. He was previously attorney for Vinson & Elkins and the VP/General Counsel for a start-up company.

 More info: Contact Mary Gallardo for reservations.

 

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For information on speaking events at McCombs, contact Public Affairs Representative Gayle Hight, 512-475-6423, gayle.hight@mccombs.utexas.edu.