摘要:控制环境包括最高层的组织。董事会负责为企业营造氛围。董事会若坚持有效控制对企业的运行是必不可少的,则这种态度将渗透在整个企业。此外,如果董事会成员强调监测元素的重要性,并要求查看监测活动的结果,管理层则可明确监测元素对该企业的总体目标是如何重要。
监测元素有效,内部控制中存在的弱点则必须传达给组织内适当的人员。每一个弱点迹象的指出应附带着对它的描述。除了报告弱点和其内部重要性, 关于内部控制的外部沟通由法律或规章规定。无论接受者对于企业是内部或外部的,及时的沟通是非常重要的。装备了及时的信息,个体负责仔细操作,就可以选择合适的行动方案。随之,企业的外部决策者就可以做出正确的选择。关键词:内部控制;COSO;管理层;实时控制;监测元素。8355
How to Monitor Internal Controls
Abstract:
The control environment encompasses the tone at the top of the organization. The board of directors is responsible for an appropriate tone for the organization. An overall attitude by the board that effective controls are essential to the running of the organization will permeate throughout the entire entity. Further, if Board members stress the importance of the monitoring component and ask to see the results of monitoring activities, management will grasp how critical the component is to the overall objectives of the organization.
For the monitoring component to be effective, weaknesses in internal control must be communicated to appropriate personnel within the organization. An indication of the significance of each weakness should accompany its description. Besides reporting weaknesses and their importance internally, external communications regarding internal control may be mandated by law or regulation.
Regardless of whether the recipient is internal or external to the entity, prompt communication is critical. Armed with timely information, inpiduals responsible for the operations scrutinized can then select appropriate courses of action. Further, decision makers located outside the organization can make appropriate choices.
Keywords: Internal controls ; COSO ; Ongoing, Continuous Monitoring;Elements of Monitoring 。