August 3, 2009
By now Cynthia Cooper’s story at WorldCom has assumed legendary status in our profession. Internal auditors even brought up her name during my recent travels in […]
July 13, 2009
This week, I am embarking on what I’m sure will be an unforgettable experience. At the invitation of the Asian Confederation of Institutes of Internal Auditors […]
June 23, 2009
From the very first day I became an internal auditor, the word “independence” took on particular significance. As a young auditor in government, we were taught […]
June 12, 2009
During my travels over the past five years, I have had the opportunity to speak with many audit committee chairmen of leading corporations in the United […]
May 26, 2009
One of the reasons that I returned to The IIA was to play a role in advancing the profession on a global basis. There are few […]
April 22, 2009
There are very few people and few organizations that haven’t yet been touched directly or indirectly by the troubled economy. Everywhere we turn, individuals and organizations […]
April 2, 2009
The vastness of our profession has never ceased to amaze me. It is estimated there are more than one million internal auditors in the world. Our […]
March 25, 2009
As I commented in my recent blog posts on Feb. 10 and Feb. 25, internal auditing is sometimes accused of being reactive rather than proactive when addressing emerging risks. […]
March 4, 2009
Having served as a U.S. federal inspector general (IG) and later as an advisor to scores of Fortune 500 chief audit executives, I have the unique […]
February 25, 2009
The great French military and political leader, Charles de Gaulle, is said to have observed that “generals are always fighting the last war.” The reasoning behind […]