September 3, 2013
The guidance I provide most often to internal auditors is to “follow the risk.” It’s easy for internal auditors to go through our own process of […]
August 19, 2013
Anyone who has spent much time as an internal auditor has inevitably generated audit results that created friction or tension with those whose areas of responsibility […]
August 5, 2013
With attention comes attention. Internal audit has been looking to elevate its “seat at the table” for as long as I can recall. And, in 2013, […]
July 29, 2013
One of the things I enjoy most about social media is its ability to stimulate passionate and seemingly endless debates over the most insignificant topics. For […]
July 22, 2013
One of the most important things internal auditors can do to meet stakeholder expectations is to ensure internal audit priorities align with those of the board […]
July 11, 2013
Recent risk-management failures in Washington, D.C., have reflected what happens when an organization with so many risks associated with the achievement of its mission fails to […]
July 1, 2013
Stakeholder support is vital to internal auditing’s ability to add value and contribute to the organizations we serve. When chief audit executives and their staff are […]
June 25, 2013
The Association of Certified Fraud Examiners’ (ACFE’s) 2012 Report to the Nations on Occupational Fraud and Abuse estimates the global cost of internal fraud at US $3.5 trillion, […]
June 10, 2013
I recently spoke at a conference where one of the sessions was called “Four Most Dangerous Words in Finance.” It reminded me of a blog I […]
June 3, 2013
As we recently learned, NASDAQ has withdrawn a proposed new rule (PDF) requiring that companies listed on the exchange establish and maintain an internal audit function, citing push-back […]