| BUSINESSWEEK ONLINE : MARCH 15, 1999 ISSUE | ||||||||
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| READERS REPORT
How About Using Bias-Free Auditing Software? ''Auditors and clients: Too close for comfort'' (The Corporation, Feb. 22) was very pertinent. It is vital to uphold the independence of auditors. In addition to rules and regulations, there are now also other ways to enhance the objectivity of the auditing process, internally and externally. One type of instrument for ''neutral'' risk assessment and auditing is computer-supported auditing processes, which provide auditors with reference points that are free from even the suspicion of personal bias. Such processes, with years of excellent track records in Europe and other countries, do exist and are now being introduced in the U.S. Hans V.A. Johnsson Old Greenwich, Conn. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ |
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