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The New Role of the Internal Auditor: Implications for Internal Auditor Objectivity

International Journal of Auditing, 2000
The role of the internal auditor continues to evolve. The recent emphasis on consulting activities has brought new questions and concerns regarding the ability of internal auditors to function in an independent and objective manner. The purpose of this research is to explore whether internal auditors view their consulting role as one in which they are ...
Richard G. Brody, D. Jordan Lowe
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The Reliance of External Auditors on Internal Auditors

RADS Journal of Business Management, 2020
Objective: The objective of this study is to identify the approach of external auditors as to how internal auditors have been assessed and judged to make use of the work. Using this thesis, internal auditors can shape their work style per external auditors' criteria.
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INTERNAL CONTROL AND THE INTERNAL AUDITOR.

The Accounting Review, 1944
Abstract The article highlights the role and function of internal auditors. The author discusses fundamental factors which have caused industry to promote internal auditing to a key position in the general scheme of internal control. During 1940s, various management aspects were handled by different employees of the firm.
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External Auditor Evaluations of Outsourced Internal Auditors

AUDITING: A Journal of Practice & Theory, 2010
SUMMARY: In the last decade internal auditing services has been a significant area of growth for public accounting firms. Unlike the provision of external audits, the provision of outsourced internal audit services does not prohibit accounting firms from providing the client with additional services.
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The Internal Auditor's Role in MIS Developments

MIS Quarterly, 1978
The internal auditor's role during the design phase of an EDP application is unclear in many organizations. This article integrates recent literature with the authors' survey in an attempt to explain more precisely the potential role(s) of the internal auditor in the systems development process. In practice, four roles appear to exist.
Larry E. Rittenberg, Charles R. Purdy
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The Rise of the Internal Auditor

SSRN Electronic Journal, 2015
Internal auditors of large organizations have historically been dominated by managers. Recent changes in federal regulation of financial reporting require managers of publicly held corporations to be dominated by directors. These requirements require a fundamental change in the relationship between managers and internal auditors, and create an ...
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The effect of auditor IT expertise on internal controls

International Journal of Accounting Information Systems, 2016
Abstract Material weaknesses in internal controls related to information technology (IT) represent unique threats to organizations. Utilizing the external auditor as an example of an externally observable governance mechanism, we investigate if firms with revealed IT internal control deficiencies employ a strategy of disassociation with their current
Jacob Z. Haislip, Gary F. Peters, Vernon J. Richardson   +2 more
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Conversations with internal auditors

Managerial Auditing Journal, 2005
PurposeAims to examine the New Zealand internal auditor role and conceptualise on the auditor's influence over that role. At its heart lies the question of how an effective internal auditor can overcome the tension of working with management to improve performance while also remaining sufficiently distant from management in order to report on their ...
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Whistleblowing and the Internal Auditor

Business Ethics: A European Review, 1995
Whistleblowing is a subject which seizes the media headlines from time to time, and nowhere is such a dilemma of conscience more sensitive than in the area of finance and internal auditing. Additionally, professional organisations are sometimes felt to be less than supportive of their members who occasionally resort to whistlelowing.
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Further Evidence on External Auditors' Reliance on Internal Auditors

Journal of Accounting Research, 1986
In this study I examined whether external auditors actually adjust the nature and extent of audit procedures due to reliance on internal auditors and, if so, whether any such reliance was related to the source reliability of the internal auditors (defined by internal auditor competence-work performance and objectivity).
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