September 26, 2022
Internal auditors are ethical, right? After all, we see ourselves as “beacons of ethical behavior,” shining a light on the misdeeds of others in our organizations. […]
September 20, 2022
Each year, internal auditors can draw on a series of reports to augment their perspectives on the risks that are expected to confront their organizations in […]
September 15, 2022
Over the past couple of months, fears of a looming recession have percolated around the world, with politicians and pundits in the United States debating whether […]
September 9, 2022
I recently shared a blog that proved very popular with the profession. Internal Auditors Must Remember: Good People Can Do Bad Things resonated with readers around […]
August 29, 2022
In a recent blog post, I shared some statistics that confirmed an inconvenient truth: the typical internal audit department is small – averaging less than 5 […]
August 24, 2022
I recently saw an ad for an internal audit seminar on interview techniques, and it reminded me once again why this is such an important skill […]
August 15, 2022
When internal auditors think of fraudulent acts, we tend to associate them with nefarious characters who intentionally set out to do something bad. However, as I […]
August 10, 2022
My friend and fellow blogger Norman Marks reminded us recently of an enduring challenge that many internal auditors face. In a blog post titled “You Can’t […]
August 7, 2022
In a recent blog post, I explored the reality that most internal audit departments are actually small, with a staff of five or fewer full-time auditors. […]
August 1, 2022
When I first became a CAE almost 30 years ago, I inherited an internal audit department with very limited resources, especially considering the size of the […]