Essays about: "internal audit function"
Found 4 essays containing the words internal audit function.
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1. Continuous Auditing : Internal Audit at a Crossroads?
University essay from Stockholms universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionenAbstract : Purpose – It is argued that traditional audit methods are becoming outdated in terms of delivering sufficient assurance on business objectives, whereby, a paradigm shift towards continuous auditing (CA) is proposed and perceived as necessary both by academia, standard-setting groups, and business society. However, the practical prevalence of CA is insignificant in relation to the expectations depicted. READ MORE
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2. External Auditor’s Trust in Internal Auditors : The Cultural Effect - A Study Between Greece and Sweden
University essay from Karlstads universitet/Avdelningen för företagsekonomiAbstract : Nowadays, the importance of the external auditing is demonstrated by the highly risky business environments, that fertilize the fraud and irregularities, which lead businesses to provide mistaken financial statements and misleading financial information. The uncertainty that occurs in the decision process in businesses, enhance the risks and requires the attention of the employees. READ MORE
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3. Internal audit in Lithuanian commercial banks : an important part of corporate governance or just another department?
University essay from Företagsekonomiska institutionenAbstract : Purpose: the purpose of the thesis is to find out how Lithuanian commercial banks position their internal audit function within their organizational structure to overcome the tension of working with the management and keeping the distance to be able to report on them at the same time; and is internal audit function considered as one of the cornerstones of corporate governance. Moreover, comparison of banks is made to inspect any patterns, differences and similarities concerning the origin of the capital. READ MORE
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4. Internal audit : How the internal audit has been affected by the Code
University essay from Internationella HandelshögskolanAbstract : The Swedish code of corporate governance (the Code) was introduced 1 July 2005 aiming to raise the quality of corporate governance. This thesis investigates how the Code has affected internal audit. The purpose of this study is dual and aims to 1). READ MORE
