After the Y2K rush on code writing it appears that Sarbanes Oxley Compliance is the next big effort. Both articles and my industry friends tell me that this is an area where everyone is rushing in to make sure that they are compliant. The Worldcom CEO Ebbers photo does send a cautionary message.
In the SOX context outsourcing seems to straddle the academic fields of corporate ethics, legal compliance apart from the domain skills of auditing and outsourced IT.
Seems like a good topic to discuss…