A spreadsheet life cycle analysis and the impact of Sarbanes-Oxley

Authors:
Linda Leon;Lawrence Kalbers;Nancy Coster;Dolphy Abraham
Affiliations:
Loyola Marymount University, 1 LMU Drive, College of Business Administration, Los Angeles, California 900452659, USA;Loyola Marymount University, 1 LMU Drive, College of Business Administration, Los Angeles, California 900452659, USA;Loyola Marymount University, 1 LMU Drive, College of Business Administration, Los Angeles, California 900452659, USA;Alliance University, School of Business, Chikkahegde Cross, Chandpura-Anekal Main Road, Anekal, Bangalore 562 106, India
Venue:
Decision Support Systems
Year:
2012

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Abstract

Past studies show that only a small percent of organizations implement and enforce formal rules or informal guidelines for the planning, design and development, usage, modification, and disposition stages of spreadsheet models. Due to the lack of such policies, there has been little research on how companies can effectively govern spreadsheets throughout their life cycle. This paper describes a survey involving 43 participants from the United States, representing companies that were working on compliance with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (SOX) as it relates to spreadsheets for financial reporting. The findings of this survey describe specific controls that organizations have implemented to manage spreadsheets for financial reporting throughout a spreadsheet's life cycle. Our findings indicate that there are problems in all stages of a spreadsheet's life cycle and we suggest several important areas for practice and future research.