What is Professional Skepticism?

What is Professional Skepticism?

In this episode of THE SAMPLE Leita Hart-Fanta shares her thoughts on how we are professional skeptics and goes over what the GAO says when it comes to our skepticism.

Welcome to The Sample, a quick discussion of auditing concepts and terms that will help you do your work. Conducting an audit in accordance with auditing standards is no small feat and I want to support you. We’ll be referring to the?GAO,?IIA?and?AICPA?literature to bolster our conversations. Let’s get started.

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Lawrence Hall, MBA, CPA, CIA

Executive Internal Auditor | Government Administration | Risk Management

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We just had a discussion about this the other day here. You don’t just “wake up feeling skeptical” one day. For some people it comes natural, but I think we should view it as a cumulative skill.

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