December 28, 2016
As The IIA’s 75th year comes to a close, a gathering of its former leaders reflects the strong foundation on which the association was built. Nearly […]
December 19, 2016
As has become my custom as the year comes to a close, I reflect on the top five headlines or developments that I believe will continue […]
December 12, 2016
Starting this month, The IIA will have a full-time presence in Washington, D.C., with the hiring of our first director of government relations. This marks the […]
December 5, 2016
In my previous blog post, I commented on the dangers of assigning human characteristics to organizations. Specifically, I argued that assigning traits to the organization instead […]
November 28, 2016
A recent Financial Times column asked an intriguing question: Can moral companies do immoral things? The writer cited two U.K. studies that examined, in part, how […]
November 21, 2016
The IIA recently released Global Perspective and Insights — a whitepaper that includes some sobering information regarding how the internal audit profession is addressing emerging risks globally. The […]
November 14, 2016
The challenges associated with mergers and acquisitions are myriad. Yet every year, hundreds of companies across the globe conclude the potential upsides of combining two successful […]
November 4, 2016
The 2016 U.S. presidential campaign will go down as one of the most volatile and strident in the nation’s 240-year history. Despite more than a year […]
October 31, 2016
The Federal Reserve Bank of New York hosted a conference in October that looked at reforming culture and behavior in the financial services industry. In his […]
October 24, 2016
Those who regularly read my blog posts will know that I have been an outspoken critic against publicly traded companies not having internal audit functions. In […]