Most business executives only spend money when they foresee a reasonable return on the investment, unless there is some other compelling reason for the expense — like keeping them out of jail. To a large extent, the development of governance, risk management and compliance technologies was spurred not by the promise of financial return, but by the provisions for stiff fines and prison terms in the Sarbanes Oxley Act. “No more easy money for corporate criminals, just hard time,” said President George Bush, who signed SOX into law in 2002.

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