Chambers on Internal Audit
September 4, 2012
September 4, 2012There have been plenty of articles and lectures given on continuous auditing in recent years. There is no question that technology is making continuous auditing a […]
August 14, 2012
August 14, 2012I have written frequently over the past three years about the refocusing of internal auditing’s priorities around the world. The era of extensive focus on the […]
August 2, 2012
August 2, 2012I have written extensively over the years of the need to improve the timeliness of internal audit results. Nothing undermines the value of an internal audit more […]
July 24, 2012
July 24, 2012“We are here to help you!” This phrase seems so innocent, but at The IIA’s recent International Conference in Boston, I once again heard those six little […]
July 17, 2012
July 17, 2012The concept of rotational internal audit staffing is not new. General Electric’s internal audit function, for example, has employed a purely rotational model and served as […]
July 2, 2012
July 2, 2012As a young auditor, nothing was more frustrating to me than presenting a great audit recommendation or new idea to an audit client (or “auditee” as […]
June 20, 2012
June 20, 2012Myths can tell us a lot about ourselves — or at the least, about how others see the world. But at times it seems that the […]
June 12, 2012
June 12, 2012When I joined the internal audit profession in the 1970s, it was widely understood that internal auditing was a career path. Young professionals, like I was […]
May 24, 2012
May 24, 2012The past few weeks have witnessed extensive media coverage of two subjects for which investors should have taken extensive note: 1) There are an increasing number […]
May 17, 2012
May 17, 2012Internal auditors are ethical — right? After all, we think of ourselves as the “beacon of ethical light” in every organization. If you can’t trust the […]
