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Internal Control under COSO Report

5 interrelated components of internal control:

1. Control environment:
broad factors that set the tone of an org. and affect the control consciousness of its employees (e.g.
integrity, ethical values, and mgmt philosophy, etc).

2. Risk assessment:
The identification and analysis of risks that interfere with the accomplishment of IC
objectives.

3. Control activities:
Policies and procedures developed by the org. to address the risks (e.g. performance
review, segregation of duties, application controls, and general controls, etc)

4. Information and communication


The firms IS is a collection of procedures and records established to initiate, record,
process, and report the events in an entitys process.

5. Monitoring:
Mgmt should monitor IC to make sure that the org.s controls are functioning as intended.
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