Culture

The increasing attention to and need for auditing culture requires an understanding of effective strategies and practical considerations for internal auditors. It’s not always easy to turn a gut feeling into auditable findings. The IIA’s suite of corporate culture audit resources provides both the proper tools and best practices techniques to approach, apply, and achieve reliable results.

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Latest Articles and Blogs Garner insights and leading practices from internal audit leaders: ■ Beneath the Surface ■ Bite-sized Culture Audits ■ Toxic Leaders, Toxic Culture ■ The Culture Impact ■ How to Audit Culture ■ Care and Feeding of the Company's Culture ■ Bite-sized Culture Audits ■ Culture May Be the Wrong Question ■ Risk, Controls, and Culture ■ Weinstein, #MeToo, and Culture ■ Uber: Hot New Company, Same Old Problem — Culture	Trending and Research Explore thought leadership, reports, and research: ■ 2018 Pulse of Internal Audit Report: The Internal Audit Transformation Imperative ■ Managing Culture - A Good Practice Guide ■ Pulse Solution: Perspective on Auditing Culture ■ Auditing Culture – A Hard Look at the Soft Stuff ■ Pulse of Internal Audit: Time to Move Out of the Comfort Zone ■ Political Pressures Faced by Internal Auditors in the Public Sector ■ Perspectives On Auditing Culture ■ Perspectives on Auditing Culture: Financial Services Focus ■ Auditing Culture - Mitigating Risk through Transparency ■ Culture and the Role of Internal Audit ■ Organisational Culture	Guidance Leverage the Standards and guidance to effectively audit culture: ■ Code of Ethics ■ IG: 2100 - Nature of Work ■ IG: 2110 - Governance ■ IG: 2120 - Risk Management ■ IG: 2130 - Control ■ PG: Assessing Organizational Governance in the Private Sector ■ PG: Assessing Organizational Governance in the Public Sector ■ PG: Auditing Anti-bribery and Anti-corruption Programs ■ PG: Auditing the Control Environment ■ PG: Evaluating Ethics-related Programs and Activities ■ GTAG: Internal Auditing and Fraud Auditing IT Governance

Auditing Culture: Challenges and Proven Techniques In-person course This two-day course helps you identify tools and techniques for auditing organizational culture. You will take away proven evaluation tools and techniques for assessing culture, examples of audit reports addressing cultural issues, and techniques for gaining support from leadership. Plus, strategies for gaining support from management. Learn more.

Resources and Services The IIA provides a variety of professional services and tools: ■ Quality Services and Resources ■ Audit Intelligence Suite ■ Audit Executive Center ■ Guidance: International Professional Practices Framework (IPPF) ■ Risk Resource Exchange ■ Blogs	Video Hear from subject matter experts the latest tips and best practices on Audit Channel: ■ Auditing Culture: Part 1 ■ Auditing Culture: Part 2 ■ Auditing Culture: Part 3 ■ Professional Responsibility and Ethics Part 2 ■ What Boards Want & Need From Internal Auditing	Conferences and Courses Strengthen your knowledge and skills through conferences and courseware: ■ Auditing Culture: Challenges and Proven Techniques ■ Vision University ■ All Star Conference ■ General Audit Management Conference ■ Governance, Risk, and Control Conference