A semi-annual or annual internal audit allows you to gauge the effectiveness of your business's internal control system. Unlike an external audit, which focuses on determining whether financial ...

Internal Audit is an independent, objective, assurance and consulting activity, assisting the university in meeting its objectives and improving the effectiveness of risk management, control and ...

Every company like to believe that its employees and management are above reproach and would never do something to harm the organization. However, it is also a wise business move to have systems in ...

Academic research in internal audit provides best practices and pertinent information for external and internal auditors. Below, we summarize recent internal audit research from leading academic ...

While there has been much talk about business operations becoming Agile, we are now hearing talk of Agile happening in places you might not expect. Like internal audit. Most of us don’t normally think ...

The last in a series of eight case studies from the Product Quality Research Institute focuses on internal GMP audits. An integral part of an effective quality system in a cGMP-compliant ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I am the Jenkins Professor of Accounting at NC State University. Audit partners who issue adverse internal control opinions are ...