Internal audit’s mandate is much broader than external audit’s, says Richard Chambers of Institute of Internal Auditors
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Dave Tate, Esq. comment.
I’m going to disagree with Mr. Chambers on this one. I believe it is better for external audit to be auditing this issue – which is an issue that external audit already should be taking into consideration when designing the audit and the extent to which management and the accounting and internal control functions can be relied upon.
Although internal audit could be assigned a task or project relating to culture, on this topic I would keep the task or project very specific. Internal audit does also work and interact with management and executive management – assessing culture might detrimentally impact those relationships. I would however recommend that internal audit be more involved in risk management, which could involve culture but in a different context.
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