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The Weakest Link

Let’s say you have all policies outlined and procedures carefully designed. Everything is properly documented and bound into books and manuals, which are readily available for orientation, training, and daily reference. Through an intensive internal audit program, all components have been examined; everything has been tested in practice. Whatever did not work well has been tweaked, cumbersome procedures were replaced with more straightforward ones, and the inferior ones have been improved.

Finally, it has been determined that the internal control system is both effective and efficient in accomplishing the company’s goals and ...

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