Internal controls are business processes that provide reasonable assurance regarding several key business objectives: that the business is operating efficiently, that reporting is reliable and that ...

Internal controls are put in place by company management to help a company achieve its institutional goals. While internal controls are adapted to the companies they protect, there are some controls ...

When I was in college, I had a course in internal controls taught by the professor my father had when he was in college. I don’t believe much has changed since my father learned about internal ...

Internal controls play an integral role in a company’s success, but many young accounting and finance professionals enter their careers without a clear understanding of their importance. I recently ...

While corporate scandals in the U.S. have received a great deal of attention, Europe has its own versions of Enron and WorldCom. Parmalat, the Italian agribusiness giant, and Ahold, the Dutch retailer ...

Here are some basic propositions that surround FCPA compliance. It is often underplayed that the FCPA contains more than just a bribery prohibition – the FCPA contains broad provisions, requiring ...

It stands to reason that accounting areas that are highly subjective and complex also are prone to fraud, errors, and breakdowns in internal controls. A recent study by the Anti-Fraud Collaboration ...

Are you an auditor engaged to audit an entity that is less complex? If so, you may wonder why you spend time on the audit evaluating internal control. This may seem like an exercise that is much more ...

Dublin, July 24, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The "SOX & Internal Controls Update 2025" conference has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering. SOX and Internal Control best practices continue to ...

Several years ago, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued an order against a public company that raised more than a few eyebrows. In that order, the company settled to violations of ...

Beyond Meat has named Tony Kalajian as its new Chief Accounting Officer and Principal Accounting Officer, effective January ...