#49 – AUDITING RISK AUDITORS – UMBERTO TUNESI

Umberto Tunesi pixI’m quite a novice in risk audits, though I have twenty years experience in quality audits and fifteen in quality inspections.

I think that audits’ basics – or sound-track – are the same, be they quality, risk, financial audits: auditors are usually – and officially … welcome.  Auditors are treated like princes, as a colleague of mine once said, they’re told their work is most useful but – in the end – auditors and audits are a nuisance, even to the top management who might ask for them to investigate deep into the company’s business.  Fighting words?  Let’s look at risk auditing: Continue reading

#35 – AUDITING RISK AUDITORS – UMBERTO TUNESI

Umberto Tunesi pixI’m quite a novice in risk audits, though I have twenty years experience in quality audits and fifteen in quality inspections.

I think that audits’ basics – or sound-track – are the same, be they quality, risk, financial audits.  Auditors are usually – and officially welcome, treated like princes.  As a colleague of mine once said, they’re told their work is most useful but – in the end – auditors and audits are a nuisance, even to the top management who might ask for them to investigate deep in the company’s business. Continue reading