A Brave New Auditing World: Disney and Auditing
by Andy Hofmann When approached to begin contributing regularly to The Auditor, I had to…
The Future of the Audit Profession: Is it Sustainable?
by Peter Holtmann The global financial crisis caused multinational organizations, small and medium-sized organizations, governments,…
Audit Matrix: Desperation to Innovation
by Shannon MacFarlane It was January when our registrar informed us that our lead auditor…
Auditing the Auditors: Competence
by Don Brecken What should an auditor expect to find when auditing an organization’s internal…
The Auditor’s Eyes: Respectful and Productive Audits
by Denise Robitaille I had occasion recently to observe an auditor in a setting outside…
Layered Process Audit Approach: A Lot of Little Audits
by Thomas A. Gray I recently had an interesting conversation with an assessor for a…
Assessing Quality Through Risk: Pharmaceutical Quality System
by Stéphanie Peika (Editor’s note: This is the second half of a two-part article series that…
Well-Balanced Process Audits
by Naomi B. Whitehead I really enjoy all the preparation, planning, researching, and verifying that’s…
Auditing a Subsystem: Auditing Performance Feedback
by Russell T. Westcott Performance feedback includes: Communicating expectations and requirements to workers Correcting improper…
The Myth of the Clean Audit
by Denise Robitaille We’ve all heard the expression from managers and supervisors about their desire…