In an interview with Compliance Week, Julie Bell Lindsay, executive director of the Center for Audit Quality, shared her perspectives on how public company auditors are coping with new challenges from the coronavirus pandemic.

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“It’s unquestionable that the current environment has presented the profession with challenges and uncertainties they would not have thought of six months ago,” Lindsay said. “Surely it is making their job more difficult, but auditors have quickly adapted without ever losing their focus on audit quality.”

Maria L. Murphy, CPA, is a regular contributor to Compliance Week. She is a senior content management analyst, accounting and auditing products, CCH tax and accounting North America for Wolters Kluwer....