The great majority of chief audit executives acknowledge that the internal audit function at their organization needs to be improved, according to a new survey. The survey, by Ernst & Young, polled ...

Earlier this summer I had the pleasure of presenting The IIA Internal Audit Foundation's newly released Vision 2035 project alongside our newly appointed chair of the Global Board of Directors, Terry ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Robert Eccles writes about sustainability in the capital markets. This article is more than 3 years old. The internal audit (IA) ...

On 20 March 2024, K2 Integrity hosted a webinar on the implications of the recent updates to the Global Internal Audit Standards (“Standards”). The discussion included David Hyman, senior vice ...

The UK’s Financial Reporting Council (FRC), the regulatory watchdog for the accounting industry, has set a deadline of June 2024 for the Big Four accounting firms to separate audit practices from the ...

Corporate governance is challenged by an all-too-common problem: translating operational risk into strategic language boards ...

On March 4, the Securities and Exchange Commission published notice that The NASDAQ Stock Market LLC (NASDAQ) had filed a proposed new rule that would require each NASDAQ-listed issuer to maintain an ...

Leaders of the most effective internal audit functions demonstrate five key qualities, according to PwC’s 2016 State of the Internal Audit Profession Study. Expectations for internal auditors are high ...

An internal audit helps a company ensure it has the proper controls, governance and risk management processes in place, according to the Institute of Internal Auditors. By nature, it's an independent ...

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 ...

Western Illinois University supports an internal auditing department as an administrative staff function and as an independent appraisal function to examine and evaluate University business or ...