Articles from Internal Auditor (August 1, 2008)

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Title	Author	Type	Words
A higher purpose.		Letter to the editor	194
Adding risk back into the audit process: risk assessment results can help focus internal audit efforts on the areas that need them most.	Pelletier, Jim		2368
COSO document covers internal control monitoring.	Mccollum, T.		374
EC issues recommendation on limiting auditor liability.	Mccollum, T.		322
Everybody's business.	Salierno, David		459
Experience shows otherwise.		Letter to the editor	355
FDIC publication examines turbulent financial markets.	Cain, A.		325
Few governments enforce foreign bribery prohibition.	Scharf, S.		399
High noon in Tombstone Inc.	Jacka, J. Michael		993
It skills for internal auditors; As technology plays a greater role in how organizations are monitored and controlled, internal auditors need to develop the basic IT knowledge to do their job.	Smith, Philip		2515
Knowledge reinforcement.		Letter to the editor	97
Mending broken controls; An audit manager and his team consider their next steps to close a control gap in the organization's accounts payable function.	Van Wijk, Eelco R.; Holmes, Timothy R.		1366
More than a slogan.			2388
Moving toward continuous auditing: establishing audit priority areas can lead to a more effective continuous audit process.	Aquino, Carlos Elder Maciel De; Silva, Washington Lopes Da; Vasarhelyi, Miklos A.		1354
Organizations underestimate first-time IFRS conversions.	Clemmons, D.		365
PCAOB adopts audit firm reporting rules.	Cain, A.	Brief article	190
Project checkup; Periodic health checks can guide a systems implementation project along the narrow path to success.	Njaa, Daryl		1363
Real-life implications.		Letter to the editor	196
Risk Management-based auditing; A new guidance framework can help enhance auditors' contributions to organizational governance.	Sobel, Paul		1400
Risk responsibilities; By engaging in several key activities, internal auditors can play a valuable role in the organization's risk management efforts.	Stokhof, Peter		1374
Stealing funds for a nest egg; An executive assistant uses a corporate credit card, gift checks, and an online payment account to embezzle US $1.5 million.	Sutphen, Paul C.		1495
Survey highlights IT risks.	Mccollum, T.		239
The gold standard.	Crowe, Donna L.	Essay	480
The high cost of misunderstandings.	Clemmons, D.		306
The technology imperative.		Brief article	261
The three dimensions of fraud: auditors should understand the needs, opportunities, and justifications that lead individuals to commit fraudulent acts.	Murdock, Hernan		1406
The XBRL engine builds speed: governments and regulators see interactive data as the key component in the global financial reporting machine, but companies and internal auditors have been slow to plug in.	Fisher, Liz		3613
Top tech priorities: internal audit practitioners weigh in on a recent survey-based ranking of IT initiatives turning the gears at today's businesses.	Jackson, Russel A.		2975