Keep criminality outside.(Editor's Comment)

Recent front pages of The Wall Street Journal have been filled with the mug shots of chief executive officers indicted in accounting scandals. Can you say Sarbanes-Oxley? That's the law Congress passed in 2002 to crack down on corporate financial misconduct. It also requires companies to tighten manufacturing and operational processes that impact financial statements. That includes safety, and that involves you.

The Sarbanes-Oxley Act has strengthened federal penalties for lying or misleading government officials involved in safety investigations. Between October 2003