The Center for Audit Quality and Deloitte have released a new report on audit committee effectiveness and priorities.

IN BRIEF Within the ever-expanding scope of corporate governance, the role of the audit committee has become more important ...

Despite Sarbanes-Oxley requirements, audit committee influence over hiring the outside auditor and setting the audit fees remains more of a hope than a reality, according to a new study. Processing ...

Good morning. As audit committees confront a rapidly expanding risk landscape, their role in corporate governance is being reshaped. Boards have often turned to current and former CFOs as independent ...

Good morning. Audit committees, which are often composed of directors with an extensive background in finance or accountancy, like CFOs, carry a lot of weight on corporate boards. And their workloads ...

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The post-Enron world of corporate governance was apparent at a recent meeting of the six directors on toolmaker Cooper Industries' audit committee. The meeting took four hours, twice as long as usual, ...

The role played by public company audit committees in cybersecurity risk oversight continues to increase, while some audit committees are beginning to take on ESG oversight, according to the 2022 ...

A newly released audit calls for stricter controls to ensure that developers provide the community benefits that they promise ...

The Council Audit Committee voted to forward concerns about oversight of Stockton City Council meetings to the California State Controller’s Office after a dispute over an RTD presentation.