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  Internal Audit Standards: Everything for Everybody

  Inta Ozolina

  …15 Internal Audit Standards: Everything for Everybody? By Inta Ozolina, Internal auditor (ACCA, CIA) The applicability and scope of IAI… …Standards has been an object of discussion for some time now. One of the issues of these discussions is – whether all companies should apply the Standards… …to the same extent. Namely, whether smaller companies with smaller size internal audit teams should comply with the same scope of Standards and how… …they should do it. We all know that the Standards are extensive, cover most key areas of internal audit profession and work. Even more – the… …Practice Advisories provide further interpretation of the general statements of the Standards. Of course, the mentioned documents are only for guidance… …Standards and use the phrase ‘in compliance with the IAI Standards’ in their reports. To be able to do that, a regular external assessment must be done at… …16 Another area where formal compliance with the Standards may be difficult to obtain is documentation. Many business internal auditors try to… …ensure. The discussion on issues of small audit teams could go on and on. However, the aim of this article is not to diminish the value of Standards… …against Standards is one of the means. However, if small audit teams, irrespective of how professional, qualified and experienced they are, avoid such… …assessment because the requirements are just unrealistic, the Standards really lose their meaning. I think it is a high time to raise this discussion and…

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  Contribution by Internal Audit to IT Compliance

  Thomas Lohre

  …61 Contribution by Internal Audit to IT Compliance By Thomas Lohre, MBA29 The constant increase in laws, ordinances, norms, standards… …standards and recommendations and the development of and ad- herence to company guidelines.36 Another aspect of corporate governance is the structuring and… …any new legal standards, but rather, reproduces legal provisions in a legible and abbreviated form and issues recommendations and ___________________… …(cf. Fig. 1): – Legal provisions, i.e. legal standards (legal provisions, as well as legal ordi- nances issued on the basis of these by… …contain IT-related agreements (e.g. service level agree- ments); – Directives outside of the company that relate to IT, e.g. norms, standards, cer-… …or process instructions, operational level agreements (OLAs) or in-house standards, insofar as they contain IT-related specifications. Figure… …Laws • Standards • Contracts • Statutes • Audit standards • Organisational guidelines • Work instructions Examples: • Workflow for purchasing processes… …requirements (target object) Target Objects Actual Objects Anchored in: • Laws • Standards • Contracts • Statutes • Audit standards • Organisational guidelines… …paratory work. For the assessment by internal audit regarding which certifications65 can be meaningful, possible testing standards and related… …Homann (2005), p. 20 et seqq. 65 Networking can occur between the different certifications and testing standards. E.g. exami- nation of data…

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  International Professional Practices Framework – Overview of the current guidance of the Institute of Internal Auditors

  T. Flemming Ruud, Philipp Friebe, Daniela Schmitz, Shqiponja Isufi

  …important changes to the Standards are introduced and finally, the conclusion evaluates the changed framework and gives an outlook for the future… …. Non-members have access to the Definition of Internal Auditing, the Code of Ethics, the Standards and the Position Papers on this homepage. International… …Professional Practices Framework 19 2.1 Mandatory Elements As figure 1 shows, the Definition of Internal Auditing, the Code of Ethics and the Standards… …with in order to follow the principles. Apart from a change to the wording, the Code of Ethics was also adopted unchanged. The Standards are… …types of Standards are used; Attribute Standards, Performance Stan- dards and Implementation Standards (cf. Figure 3). The Attribute Standards outline… …the characteristics of individuals and organizations which perform Internal Audit activities. The Performance Standards specify the purpose and… …Standards and the Performance Standards apply to all Internal Audit services. They are supplemented by the Im- plementation Standards, which contain specific… …A, e.g. 2120.A2) or Consulting Services (identified by a C, e.g. 2120.C3). The Standards also include a Glossary which defines the terms and… …Standards by specifying approaches, methods and best practice. The guidance refers to global, national and sector- specific aspects, to specific audit… …Important Changes to the Standards The Standards shown above represent the core of the IPPF. In the revision of the framework the Standards were updated…

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  Governance Works, in Principle

  Neil Baker

  …, argued in a recent speech that “the primary questions should not be about the standards of corporate governance in these institutions but rather the… …practice of it… The focus should be on whether the existing standards have been observed in practice.” The Code, for example, says that a company’s board…
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  Efficient Risk Management in Leasing Companies

  Prof. Dr. Fikret Hadžiæ, Amir Softiæ

  …Federation of B&H banking. Hadžić and Softić 30 The establishment of adequate standards and their complete implementation in the framework of the… …basic standards, are obligated to keep re- cords of each individual leasing subject, with data on their age and the normative rate for value decrease… …changes to legal standards relating to the equipment, – Demand – represents demand for the equipment by different sides in order to satisfy its… …following factors: – Internally developed system of decreasing values of leasing subject regardless of formal minimum standards (i.e. above formal… …minimum standards), – Risk-factor collateral/leasing subject realisation, and – Reserve percentage at the higher level than minimally assigned depending… …system and methodology, from those assigned by the minimum standards in B&H. Literature Bessis, Joel, Risk Management in Banking, John Wiley & Sons…

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  Performance Measurement and Controlling of Internal Audit – More Than Just a Measurement Problem

  Dr. Andreas Langer, Andreas Herzig, Prof. Dr. Burkhard Pedell

  …(furthermore, the standards prescribe an annual self- assessment) and records the audit performance using a standardised questionnaire (or with a type of… …et seqq.). In 2007, most internal auditors (91.7 %) are familiar with the quality standards of IIA (or of the respective national institutes) and the… …, audit guidelines and a comprehensive debate regarding standards dominate the foundation of internal au- dit. These debates are useful and necessary, but… …Springs 2007. The Institute of Internal Auditors (2007a), Standards for the Professional Practice of Internal Au- diting, Altamonte Springs 2007…

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  Internal Auditor – Generalist or Specialist

  Dr. Heinrich Schmelter

  …professional standards below are therefore explicitly anchored in CIA examinations83: – Righteousness – Objectivity – Confidentiality Someone can… …only be an auditor, who fully embodies there professional standards in his/her personal performance. Any doubt regarding integrity discredits the audi-…