PEW Center Energy Efficiency Report

Guide:  This report from the Pew Center documents leading-edge energy efficiency strategies, best practices and guidance for companies seeking to reduce energy costs in their internal operations, supply chains and products and services
Published on May 28, 2010

RIMS Executive Report An Overview of Widely Used Risk Management Standards and Guidelines

Article:  ...Overview of Widely Used Risk Management Standards & Guidelines, is a joint report from the RIMS Standards & Practices and RIMS Enterprise Risk Management Committees. This report is designed to provide a view of six widely used risk management standards, guidelines and self-described “best practices” to help identify common
Published on March 18, 2011

Redesigning the Finance Function

Article:  ...of any organization. The finance professional, by working with the rest of the management team to ensure that resources are efficiently and effectively acquired, maintained, and deployed in the best interests of all of the organization's stakeholders, sustains the finance function's
Published on October 31, 2011

Enterprise Risk Management- Business, Industry & Government Members

Article:  The following enterprise risk management links are for financial executives in business, industry and government. 2011 Approach to Successful Enterprise Risk Management Programs The AICPA's Risk M
Published on September 10, 2012

Performance Measurement of Not-for-Profit Organizations

Guide:  The participation of business leaders actively managing or sitting on Boards of not-for- profit organizations has continued to increase in recent years. What they have found is that unlike for-profit organizations, not-for-profits often have difficulty staying focused on the mission and measuring performance due to multiple and, at times, conflicting
Published on April 23, 2010

Volunteer Board Member Responsibilities and Risk Awareness

Article:  Many AICPA members serving in business and industry work in or volunteer for not-for-profit organizations and bring these entities a high level of professional excellence.  As a volunteer board member or as management, you have a direct responsibility to protect and support not-for-profit organization missions and objectives
Published on May 27, 2011

Resources - Business Industry and Government

Overview:  Resources for CPAs in government can be found scattered throughout the internet. Access links to resources from the AICPA and elsewhere that CPAs in government may find interesting or useful.
Published on May 22, 2013

A message from Carol Scott, vice president of Business, Industry & Government - BusIndNews, February 2011

Article:    Something exciting is on the horizon for our profession! The AICPA will soon launch CPA Horizons 2025, an effort that updates the CPA Vision Project from the late 1990’s and will gather the insights and perspectives of accountants across the country to
Published on February 14, 2011

ERM Resources

Article:  The AICPA has numerous resources to help members learn more about ERM and share with their senior management and staff. In addition, COSO has several important resources for CPAs. Available resources are listed below.
Published on September 10, 2012

5 Tips for a Successful Career

Article:  Everyone defines business success differently. For me, finding fulfillment in my work is the pathway to business success. I thoroughly enjoy my work as an internal auditor; I make daily contributions to the organization and I am constantly learning and
Published on March 18, 2011

Building a Data Warehouse

Article:  The data warehouse provides an opportunity to isolate and analyze customer, product, and financial data in order to customize marketing programs, streamline financial processes, optimize supply chains, and make key decisions based on sound operating performance information. Monitoring and managing the financial aspects of a business, keeping existing customers happy,
Published on July 28, 2011

AICPA Not-for-Profit Audit Committee Toolkit- Charter Matrix (Download)

Toolkit:  This tool is meant as a sample of a best practice. Users of the tool should put their own charter in the first column and use this example as a guide for defining the steps to accomplish each objective, the...
Published on July 02, 2010

BusInd News - October 2010

Newsletter:  BusInd News is a monthly eNewsletter for CPAs in Business, Industry & Government. The October issue features an update from the Blue Ribbon Panel on Private Company Financial Reporting, and articles about a Yellow Book revision that threatens internal audit independence, what experts are doing to dispel IFRS myths, how
Published on January 28, 2011

Business Briefs- 2011

Article:  AICPA Ethics Codification Project Update for Members in Business (December) The AICPA Professional Ethics Executive Committee (PEEC) continues to move forward with a codification of the
Published on January 18, 2013

Codes of Ethics Practice and Conduct

Article:  Many modern businesses have sacrificed the trust, loyalty and commitment of their employees for the sake of efficiency. This guide outlines both the three types of Codes and the four approaches, ranging from self-control to imposed control, that comprise the Corporate Code.
Published on July 29, 2011