On Mon, 22 May 2006 00:00:00 GMT, Ted MacNEIL <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>You made the blanket statement that, "Auditors neither make rules, >>nor enforce them." No one has disagreed with you that it *should* be >>as you describe, but your insistance that it *is* reveals your naivete. > >It's not naïveté. >It has given me the cajones to tell the auditors to find somebody >who cares. > >I do what is required but I don't do a Ferengee cringe everytime I >see an auditor. > Same here. >I've learned that if you treate them as toothless, they can't bite. >Whenever they tell me that something is against the rules, I ask for >the documentation. >When they tell me I must, I say "on whose authority"? > I've done the same, many times. I've also been in a position where the corporate culture was to never question the auditors. BTW, I've also shown auditors real exposures to help management justify the cost of closing them. >The only time (since I've learned this), I have problems is when my >boss blinks. > My point exactly. It requires the support of management. >What I'm saying is more of a don't worry be happy, than what should be. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
