1. Evaluate the level of SOX regulations that applies to forprofit and not-for-profit health care organizations, indicating whether or not mandating SOX requirements for non-profits might reduce fraud and increase corporate governance. Provide support for your rationale.
2. Determine whether SOX has been effective in regulating ethical behavior of for-profit health care organizations. Defend your position.
3. Determine whether deficiencies existed in the IT environment, and suggest ways to improve audit trails, data integrity, and policies and procedures in order to reduce the risk of fraudulent activity.
4. Use at least four( 4) quality academic resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia and other Websites do not qualify as academic resources.
5. Review the audit report issued by the external auditing firm from the company’ s Website for the year it was accused of fraud. Then, determine whether the external auditors were negligent in preparing the audit report for the company.