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When Enron, with $62 billion in assets, declared bankruptcy in December 2001, it was the largest bankruptcy in U.S. history. In June 2002, Arthur Andersen, once the largest CPA firm, collapsed. In response to these problems, Congress passed the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. Recommend internal controls that would satisfy the Sarbanes-Oxley Act.

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