Envision yourself as the CEO/President of an organization with
full responsibility to the company, management, shareholders,
creditors, regulators, and the general public. Develop a philosophy
regarding internal controls for the organization. The polar
extremes are 1) “Keep employees/management away from temptation”,
whereby the internal controls are very well-defined, or 2)
employees/management will follow the good judgment of their leader,
whereby you set a good example and trust is the theme until
employees do something to betray that trust. As you...