Giving jackass in finance a wink wink laden dressdown for their behavior, but then giving them a bonus every year and laughing about the whole thing during your next golf match, doesn’t change their behavior.
The purpose of the audit isn’t to find and fix something, but to say that an audit was performed. That way, a consumer can see that an audit has been performed and feel better about buying something whether or not it is was performed correctly.
Audits only really have teeth when someone who has a vested interest in the quality of the audit participates in the audit.
And that’s because there are no consequences.
Giving jackass in finance a wink wink laden dressdown for their behavior, but then giving them a bonus every year and laughing about the whole thing during your next golf match, doesn’t change their behavior.
Throwing their ass out on the street might.
That’s because of the purpose of the audit.
The purpose of the audit isn’t to find and fix something, but to say that an audit was performed. That way, a consumer can see that an audit has been performed and feel better about buying something whether or not it is was performed correctly.
Audits only really have teeth when someone who has a vested interest in the quality of the audit participates in the audit.