Contents xv
32 Activities of the internal audit function 299
Scope of internal audit 299
Financial assertions 299
Risk management and internal audit 300
Risk management outputs 302
Role of internal audit 302
Management responsibilities 304
33 Risk assurance techniques 306
Audit committees 306
Role of risk management 308
Risk assurance 309
Hazard, control and opportunity risks 310
Control risk self-assessment 311
Benefi ts of risk assurance 312
34 Reporting on risk management 313
Risk documentation 313
Sarbanes–Oxley Act of 2002 314
Risk reports by US companies 315
Charities risk reporting 317
Public sector risk reporting 318
Government Report on National Security 320
35 Corporate social responsibility 321
CSR and corporate governance 321
CSR and risk management 322
CSR and reputational risk 323
CSR and stakeholder expectations 323
Supply chain and ethical trading 324
CSR reporting 326
36 Future of risk management 327
Review of benefi ts of risk management 327
Steps to successful risk management 328
Changing face of risk management 331
Concept of risk appetite 332