September 28, 2015
My first car was a used 1967 Volkswagen Beetle. It was a great little “starter” car, but only a couple of months after I bought it, […]
September 24, 2015
This week, America lost one of its true icons with the death of former New York Yankees great Yogi Berra. He was 90. While Yogi was […]
September 21, 2015
The IIA’s Financial Services Audit Center recently hosted a well-attended and highly successful inaugural Financial Services Exchange in Washington, D.C., bringing together legislators, regulators, and internal […]
September 14, 2015
In a blog earlier this year, I sounded an alarm about the dangers of investing in companies with no internal audit function. Ultimately, the goal was […]
September 8, 2015
Early in my career, my ambition got the better of me, and I left internal auditing for an immediate promotion in an accounting role. Being young […]
August 31, 2015
From the very beginning of our careers in internal auditing, most of us are trained to audit a handful of “core” risks. We rapidly become comfortable […]
August 24, 2015
In the past few weeks, I have written about governance failings that came to light at three disparate organizations — Toshiba, Hertz, and FIFA. These cases, […]
August 17, 2015
In a few days, I will celebrate a personal milestone. It was August 1975 when I graduated from college and took my first job as an […]
August 11, 2015
There have been few victories of late for supporters of bipartisan governing in Washington, D.C. The often rancorous relationship between the two major parties has redefined congressional […]
August 3, 2015
Filings required by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission are always important documents for investors and analysts, but rarely are they must reads. However, the recent […]