Q&A: IAASB head on audit's role in combating fraud, ESG, new technologies, more
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Jaclyn Jaeger2022-01-27T18:18:00
IAASB Chair Tom Seidenstein discusses with Compliance Week the organization’s current and future efforts to improve audit quality, the biggest challenges to audit confidence today, and what emerging issues might be around the corner.
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