Inventory control risks affect all companies regardless of how much inventory the company carries. A small business typically has a large amount of its cash tied up in inventory. With such a large ...

Risk-free business ventures do not exist. Projects can fail, clients can default and workplaces entail physical danger, to name just a few potential problems small business owners face. A balanced ...

Controllable risk factors that factor into Alzheimer’s or dementia cases play varying roles based on someone’s race and ethnicity, a new study shows. About 23% of people who have Alzheimer’s disease ...

MINNEAPOLIS – Approximately 23% of people diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease or another related dementia in their 60s and later have cases that can be explained by controllable risk factors such as ...

Lifestyle changes could help prevent about 40 percent of cancer cases. Smoking remains the biggest risk factor. Nearly half of all cancer deaths are linked to causes people can control. Two out every ...

A major international study from 52 countries quantifying the major risk factors for heart attack-and to identify any regional differences from different parts of the world or among particular ethnic ...

Can you assess risk management without considering related internal controls? I don’t think so. The relationship between risk (what might happen to affect the achievement of objectives) and internal ...

Today many companies recognize the desirability as well as the requirement to have an effective system of internal control. Yet, designing and implementing a cost-effective system of internal control ...

Are you an auditor engaged to audit an entity that is less complex? If so, you may wonder why you spend time on the audit evaluating internal control. This may seem like an exercise that is much more ...