The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 was enacted in response to the corruption among corporations, in the wake of the stock market crash. The early 2000 stock market crash was referred to as the “bubble bursting”, the economy was taking a downward spiral after having years of success. One could say that the stock market crash was the veil being removed, exposing the dark side of a lot of corporations. Once a lot of the companies that were previously successful began going in to bankruptcy or a dire financial situation, it came to light that they were being run under huge fraudulent transactions in the accounting and other sectors. An example of such company was Enron. Enron was a company that earned its money through energy. The company sold and