Audit Instance

An Audit Instance is an task instance of an auditing task (an evaluation of an organization, system, process, project or product).

• Context:
  • It can range from being an Internal Audit to being an External Audit.
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• Example(s):
  • Academic Audit Instance,
  • Energy Audit Instance,
  • Financial Audit Instance,
  • Information Technology Audit Instance,
  • Operational Audit Instance,
  • Performance Audit Instance.
  • Project Audit Instance,
  • Quality Audit Instance.
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• Counter-Example(s):
  • Audit Certification,
  • Audit Report,
  • Audit Trail,
  • Clinical Audit.
• See: Auditing Task, Bookkeeping Task, Paper Trail, Stakeholder Corporation, Auditor.

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References

2023

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  • An audit is an independent, systematic examination and evaluation of an organization's financial statements, records, processes, or systems to ensure their accuracy, reliability, and compliance with applicable laws, regulations, and accounting standards. Audits can also be conducted for non-financial purposes, such as assessing an organization's operational efficiency, effectiveness, or adherence to specific policies and procedures. ...

2021

• (Wikipedia, 2021) ⇒ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Audit Retrieved:2021-11-19.
  • An audit is an "independent examination of financial information of any entity, whether profit oriented or not, irrespective of its size or legal form when such an examination is conducted with a view to express an opinion thereon.” Auditing also attempts to ensure that the books of accounts are properly maintained by the concern as required by law. Auditors consider the propositions before them, obtain evidence, and evaluate the propositions in their auditing report. Audits provide third-party assurance to various stakeholders that the subject matter is free from material misstatement. The term is most frequently applied to audits of the financial information relating to a legal person. Other commonly audited areas include: secretarial and compliance, internal controls, quality management, project management, water management, and energy conservation. As a result of an audit, stakeholders may evaluate and improve the effectiveness of risk management, control, and governance over the subject matter. Auditing has been a safeguard measure since ancient times, and has since expanded to encompass so many areas in the public and corporate sectors that academics have started identifying an "Audit Society".

2021b

• (Wikipedia, 2021) ⇒ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Audit_(disambiguation) Retrieved:2021-11-19.
  • Audit may refer to:
    • Audit - an evaluation of an organization, system, process, project or product, in particular:
      • Conformity assessment audit (ISO, HACCP, JCAHCO)
      • Environmental audit.
      • Energy audit.
      • External Audit.
      • First Amendment audits.
      • Financial audit - the examination by an independent third party of the financial statements of a company or other organization
      • Clinical audit - the process formally introduced in 1993 into the United Kingdom's National Health Service
      • Internal audit.
      • Management system audit (quality audit, safety audit, environmental audit)
      • Performance audit - an examination of a program, function, operation or the management systems and procedures of a governmental or non-profit entity
      • Quality audit - a systematic, independent examination of a quality system
      • Security audit (not computer-related)
      • Helpdesk and incident reporting auditing.
      • Academic audit - the completion of a course of study for which no assessment is completed or grade awarded
    • AUDIT - Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test.
    • in computer science
      • Audit (telecommunication) - multiple meanings
      • audit trail.
      • Information technology security audit - a process that can verify that certain standards have been met
      • Configuration audit (as part of configuration management)
      • Information technology audit - an examination of the controls within an entity's Information technology infrastructure
      • Software audit (disambiguation) - multiple meanings
  • Auditing may refer to:
    • Auditing - the act of conducting an audit.
    • Auditing (Scientology) - a procedure in Scientology.
  • Auditor may refer to:
    • Saint Auditor, Christian martyr of the 4th century
    • Auditor Security Collection, a Linux distribution which was merged into BackTrack.
    • The head of a Student Society, especially in Ireland
    • The fictional Auditors of Reality from the Discworld series

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