Internal control systems are essential for businesses to manage and protect their financial and accounting information and processes. They are the mechanisms, procedures, rules, and practices a ...

Many leaders of organizations treat internal controls as a tedious task that sits at the bottom of their to-do list, and, because just about no one ever gets to the bottom of their to-do list, often ...

The mission of the College of Environmental Science and Forestry is to advance knowledge and skills, while promoting the leadership necessary for the stewardship of both the natural and designed ...

Unethical or illegal conduct in business and public institutions can have disastrous consequences for the public interest, but also for organisations themselves. Think of the case of Wirecard, the ...

SARBANES-OXLEY REQUIRES MANAGEMENT to include an assessment of internal controls over financial reporting, using a suitable framework, in the annual report. While a number of frameworks are available, ...

In 2024, the U.S. Department of Justice announced a new whistleblower award program to incentivize disclosures of “corporate crime.” Three years earlier, Congress created a whistleblower award program ...

In many businesses, platform engineers serve two sets of customers: external clients and internal colleagues. When building tools for internal use, following the same user-centered design principles ...

The University of New Orleans failed to maintain an effective internal audit function and did not fully comply with financial reporting standards, according to a recent audit conducted as part of the ...