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Establishes standards that constitute generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP).

Establishes rules of professional conduct for accountants and auditing standards for private companies.

Worldwide association of accountants and financial professionals working in business.

The the largest community of accountants in academia.

U.S. government agency that establishes and enforces accounting and auditing policy. See http://www.sec.gov/divisions/enforce/friactions.shtml for accounting and auditing enforcement lawsuits.

Standards established by the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) designed to achieve worldwide convergence of accounting standards.

This act "mandated a number of reforms to enhance corporate responsibility, enhance financial disclosures and combat corporate and accounting fraud, and created the "Public Company Accounting Oversight Board."

COSO seeks to "provide thought leadership dealing with three interrelated subjects: enterprise risk management (ERM), internal control, and fraud deterrence."

Business information, tools, and resources from the US Government.

Search company filings on the Securities and Exchange Commission's EDGAR system (Electronic Data Gathering Analysis and Retrieval).