Directors watching audits more closely.

• Position: Survey Says - Since Sarbanes-Oxley Act - Brief Article

Auditors are working harder than ever in the wake of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, a recent survey found.

Audit committees at 39 of the 66 companies involved in the survey are meeting more than six times a year, up from only 11 companies before last year's passage of SOX.

And the meetings are lasting longer. Only 10 percent meet...