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Sales Chapter 13 Part II REPORT
Sales Chapter 13 Part II REPORT
Chapter 13:
Part II
Auditing Business
Functions and Activities
The organization is
Company Company
affected by financial
resources are resources are
losses due to
stolen through
misused. unexpected market
fraud. fluctuations
1. Treasury
Typical Controls
All treasury activities are defined by
up-to-date policies, procedures,
laws, and regulations.
Customers with
Deposit of Fraud is perpetrated
poor credit
customer against the
worthiness and
payments is organization
lacking financial
delayed.
stability are
granted credit
4. Accounts Receivables
Typical Controls
Credit limits are based on credit
worthiness.
reliable.
1. IT PROCESSING
OPERATIONS
Key Risks
System
performance is
Staff lacks the Unauthorized
below operating
skills to perform individuals have
needs.
their duties access to data,
information, and
resources
1. IT PROCESSING
OPERATIONS
TYPICAL CONTROLS
theft.
Key Risks
Necessary data
are disposed of
Data loss Infected media
prematurely or
are transferred.
inappropriately.
2. BACKUPS AND
STORAGE
TYPICAL CONTROLS
access rights
3. IT ACCESS
Key Risks
User behavior Unauthorized individuals
endangers have access to
organizational organizational hardware,
data. software, and data.
3. IT ACCESS
TYPICAL CONTROLS
AND RELEVANT
4. PERSONAL DEVICES
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Key Risks
The organization
pays excessively
Devices are lost Substandard
for equipment,
containing equipment is in
software, and
substandard safety use limiting the
licenses.
protocols in place. staff’s ability
4. PERSONAL DEVICES
TYPICAL CONTROLS
DEVICES. OBLIGATIONS
5. SYSTEMS
DEVELOPMENT
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Key Risks
Poor change
management and
System development Poor quality
rollout practices
efforts result in systems are
limit the use of
failed projects developed and
systems.
deployed.
5. SYSTEMS
DEVELOPMENT
TYPICAL CONTROLS
ALL SYSTEM
SUFFICIENT AND ALL SYSTEMS ARE
DEVELOPMENTS ARE
SKILLED FULLY AND
SUBJECT TO FORMAL
DEVELOPMENT SATISFACTORILY
FEASIBILITY STUDIES,
STAFF IS RETAINED TESTED BEFORE
FINANCIAL ASSESSMENTS,
GOING LIVE
AND AUTHORIZATION BY
SENIOR MANAGEMENT.
Foundations
INCREASE
ORGANIZATIONAL MAKE SURE
INFLUENCE AND FUNDS ARE USED
REPUTATION AS INTENDED
KEY OBJECTIVES
KEY RISKS
Funds are misused
Foundations
TYPICAL CONTROLS
Foundations
Auditing Management
ORGANIZATION
AUTHORITY AND MANAGEMENT RESPONDS
ACCOUNTABILITY ESTABLISHES QUICKLY TO
ARE CLEARLY CLEAR CUSTOMER
DEFINED EXPECTATIONS NEEDS AND
AND LEADS BY CONCERNS
EXAMPLE
KEY OBJECTIVES
KEY RISKS
Reputation damage
Inability to recruit or
retain needed staf
Reduction in sales
leading to a drop in
profits, market share, or
Auditing Management insolvency
TYPICAL CONTROLS
Auditing Management
Ethics Hotline
KEY OBJECTIVES
Employees do not know
KEY RISKS
or forget how to contact
the hotline
Employees are
uncomfortable or afraid
of communicating issues
Ethics Hotline
Production
PRODUCTION LINES
ARE EFFECTIVE, PRODUCT LINES PRODUCTION LINES
EFFICIENT, OPERATE
ECONOMICALLY AND DO NOT BECOME OPERATE
SAFELY, AND DELIVER OBSOLETE CONSISTENTLY
WITH HIGH QUALITY PREMATURELY.
KEY OBJECTIVES
Delays,
KEY RISKS
miscommunication, and
inefficiencies
Production
The
End
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