The creation of the _____ was an attempt to reestablish the perceived independence of auditing companies after the corporate accounting scandals of the early 2000s.

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The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) was created by the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 in response to the accounting scandals such as Enron and WorldCom. The PCAOB operates as a non-profit corporation that oversees the audits of public companies to protect investor interests and improve the reliability of financial reporting. The creation of the PCAOB was an attempt to reestablish the perceived independence of auditing companies.

The Creation of the _____ Was an Attempt to Reestablish