by Ben Pieters | Feb 1, 2024 | Culture, Internal audit
A company must implement a vigilant internal audit program. This article was recently posted on the Talk2Us.net website and is repeated here in full for our readers. This view is expressed by Michael Volkov, a seasoned internal auditor. We all know colleagues who...
by Ben Pieters | Nov 26, 2021 | Conflicts of Interest, Governance, values and ethics
What is professional integrity failure? For instance, at which stage can the lead auditor of a global audit firm discuss his employment with the listed company being audited?To my mind, and that of the learned High Court judge in Botswana, most certainly not while...
by Ben Pieters | Oct 5, 2020 | Governance, values and ethics
The term “corporate governance”. Where does it come from? Bob Tricker of The Corporate Policy Group says in his book Corporate Governance: Principles, Policies, and Practices that “50 Years ago we knew remarkably little about the reality of...
by Ben Pieters | Jul 25, 2020 | Culture
Every great company requires a foundation, and the foundation of a company is its culture. Every employee should say “It’s my company, so I want to drive the culture”. If you fail to shape the culture in your business, then society will do it for you. However, just...
by Ben Pieters | Apr 12, 2020 | Corporate culture & ethics, Culture, In:Sight
Every great company requires a foundation, and the foundation of a company is its culture. Every employee should say “It’s my company, so I want to drive the culture”. If you fail to shape the culture in your business, then society will do it for...
by Ben Pieters | Apr 23, 2015 | Corporate culture & ethics, Governance, values and ethics, In:Sight
A framework for corporate governance Corporate governance is the framework of laws, regulations, internal policies and procedures controlling the way in which businesses operate. These are both external to the enterprise and internally formulated rules as defined by...
