Accountants should be leaders in enterprise risk management, by advising board members about top risks and by having plans in place to offset the effect of risks on an organisation.
Fraud in the procurement-to-pay process is very common and extremely difficult to detect. Here are seven steps small- and medium-size companies can take to identify it or prevent it from happening.
A projected increase in global mergers and acquisitions this year could present challenges to CFOs. Here are strategies to avoid the ten most common mistakes in integrating a deal.
Board members take their role in crisis management very seriously, but how capable their companies actually are of managing a real-life crisis may be less clear, a global Deloitte survey suggests.
A lack of time devoted to strategy, insufficient or inadequate information, and pressure to produce short-term results are among the factors hindering boards of directors, according to a survey report.
Executives ranked the business environment as riskier than in previous years, but many don’t plan to devote more resources to risk management, according to a new survey.
The UK government has published a green paper detailing its proposals to strengthen governance in UK companies with a view to restoring public trust in business.
Corporate boards and their members can encounter challenges that make it difficult to effectively monitor management, but these barriers are not insurmountable.
Regulators, shareholders, and consumers increasingly expect companies to be accountable for what goes on throughout their supply chain. Here’s what to look for.
