KnowledgeLeader Content Update

PERFORMER PROFILE
Starbucks Coffee Company: Brewing Up a Balanced Blend of Innovation, Productivity and Future-Focused Capabilities
In this profile, Starbucks Vice President and Chief Audit Executive Randa Saleh shares how her team leverages data analytics and automation to support business initiatives.

GUIDE
Common Fraud Scenarios Guide
This tool contains two guides that can be used by auditors to identify and mitigate common fraud schemes.

POLICIES
Technology Purchasing Policy
This sample policy establishes standards and procedures organizations should follow when handling technology-related purchases.

Standard Shipping and Packaging Policy
The purpose of this sample policy is to ensure that all items manufactured by an organization are given the necessary protection during shipping.

Authorization to Use or Disclose PHI: HIPAA Policy
This sample policy outlines procedures organizations should follow common to proper use or disclosure of protected health information (PHI).

BENCHMARKING TOOL
Intellectual Property Risk: Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)
This tool defines core risks and key performance indicators related to an organization's intellectual property (IP) infringement process.

NEWSLETTER
Dispel the Myth of ‘‘Fit’’: Improve Diversity on Your Board
In this issue of Board Perspectives, we provide six suggestions for making demonstrable progress in improving diversity in the boardroom.

HOT ISSUE ARTICLES
Getting to Resilient: Re-Imagining Crisis Management and Business Continuity Planning in a New Reality
This article provides an overview of operational resilience and identifies key concepts organizations should consider when re-imagining crisis management.

Beyond Business Continuity Management: Building Resilience for Extreme but Plausible Events in a Post-COVID-19 World
Protiviti's Douglas Wilbert and Dugan Krwawicz discuss ways organizations can build resilience in a changing risk environment.

FEATURED LINKS
New Report Highlights Digital Transformation During COVID-19 and Beyond
The Association of International Certified Professional Accountants released a new report that will help companies drive digital success, manage risk and streamline costs. Source: journalofaccountancy.com

A New Year's Resolution: The CFO Should Own Digital Transformation
This article highlights five reasons why the CFO is the crucial player in digitalization. Source: cfo.com

SASB and IIRC Merger Targets Simplified Sustainability Disclosure
This article explains the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board and International Integrated Reporting Council merger's role in global sustainability performance. Source: corporatesecretary.com

DID YOU KNOW?
Audit Committee and Board Topic
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FEATURED PREMIUM CONTENT
Provide Financial Information to External Parties: 10-K Preparation RCM
This document outlines risks and controls common to 10-K preparation during the “provide financial information to external parties” process in a risk control matrix (RCM) format.

FEATURED KLplus CPE TRAINING COURSE
Championing Digital Transformation
In this course, you’ll learn best practices for enabling and championing digital transformation in your organization. The completed course is worth 0.5 CPE credits and by the end of the course, the learner will be able to:

• Discover the subject areas that will be covered in this course
• Identify key contributions that champions make to help drive successful digital transformation
• Recognize the steps for establishing and supporting a digital transformation initiative in the organization
• Identify the key elements in a digital transformation road map
• Recognize the key metrics you should use to measure digital transformation progress in the organization
• Recognize best practices for overcoming common challenges to digital transformation initiatives

CCH TAX AND ACCOUNTING - ACCOUNTING RESEARCH MANAGER UPDATES
Weekly Summary of Accounting, SEC, and Auditing Developments

• Checklist – New Edition of Recent Authoritative U.S. Accounting Standards Published
• Audit Committees – PCAOB Releases Perspectives from 2020 Conversations with Audit Committee Chairs
• GAAP Update Service – New Edition Discusses SEC Amendments to Selected Qualitative Disclosures
• GAAP Update Service – New Edition Discusses Replacing LIBOR in Derivatives Contracts
• Quality Management Standards – AICPA Proposes Guidance on Quality Management Standards
• GAQC – GAQC Alert No. 421
• GAAS Update Service – New Edition Discusses SSAE 21 (Part I)
• GAAS Update Service – New Edition Discusses SSAE 21 (Part II)
• GAO Professional Standards – GAO Issues Professional Standards Update No. 79
• Governmental GAAP Update Service – New Edition Discusses Recent GASB Implementation Guidance
• Governmental GAAP Update Service – New Edition Discusses GASB Requirements for Pending GAAP

TOP 5 PAGES ON KNOWLEDGELEADER
These were the most popular items on KnowledgeLeader last week:

1. Fraud Detection Guide
2. Treasury and Cash Management Process Flow
3. Internal Audit and Risk Management: The Basics
4. Entity-Level Controls Risk Assessment Questionnaire
5. IT Auditing and Logging Standard Policy