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As a follow up from last week’s video when I gave the warning about the risk related to independent contractors that work with your organization, this week Uber was fined $649 million by the state of New Jersey. This is a real risk affecting any organization that uses independent contractors.
In this week’s video I discuss this, and one of the biggest things you can do to move from being frustrated and ignored by management, to become valued as a trusted advisor.
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Transcript
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welcome to another edition of the chief
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audit executive briefing hey last week I
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told you a little bit about some of the
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risks around independent contractors and
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how you know a lot of the governments
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and other people because of some of the
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law changes and things that have
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happened in the business climate that
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that is becoming a bigger and bigger
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risk for organizations now just this
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week
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uber was hit with about a six hundred
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and fifty million dollar fine from the
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state of New Jersey related to the
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independent contractor status of its
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employees so again that there’s just
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another piece of evidence to show you
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that this is in fact a big deal that you
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need to be considering as you’re moving
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forward now I know a lot of you are
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looking at year-end planning to be able
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to develop your audit plan for this next
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year and again sometimes you know it’s
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it’s a little hard because I get a lot
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of people asking me how do I think about
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the risks that are on the horizon
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those things that haven’t happened to us
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yet but probably will well the the risks
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or the impact so we’ve been talking
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about related to independent contractors
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is one of those things and again I know
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a lot of times that information is not
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out there but there is help so if you
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would like more help in actually being
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able to figure out what some of those
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risks are that are coming over the
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horizon like those impacts and exposures
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related to independent contractors then
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check out the certified internal audit
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auditor course that is out there I’ve
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spent a lot of years actually helping
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organizations and chief audit executives
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to identify those risks so they can make
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sure that they are in the audit plan so
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there’s a step-by-step process for how
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you actually go through and do that and
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here’s the other
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nice benefit from them you know we’ve
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talked about some of the challenges that
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all of us are facing about being
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downgraded not being invited to the
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table often you know that that
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management is not viewing internal audit
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as a trusted adviser and he hears that
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here’s here’s the thing okay doing more
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risk based internal audits will actually
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help change that right so that instead
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of not getting invited to the table and
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not getting the resources that you need
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so that you’re feeling you know
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frustrated or you feel like you’re
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unappreciated doing or taking a more
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risk based internal audit approach will
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actually get to having management coming
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to you for help asking you for help and
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you’re focusing on the more valuable
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parts of the organization now what that
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does again as it gives you you know
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better status within the organization
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people see you as a trusted adviser
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someone who is actually there trying to
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help them deal with the most significant
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risks that they’re dealing with and you
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know the great thing it feels wonderful
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right you feel appreciated you feel
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valued you feel like what you’re doing
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and all of the hard work that you’re
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putting in is actually making an impact
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and that is a great feeling so I’ve also
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included down below a link that again if
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you’re interested in trying to make your
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audit plan this next year more risk
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based in its focus click on the link
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below and check out the course it
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actually goes through step by step on
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how to exactly do that now I’m telling
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you about this because right now there
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is a 60% discount on that course but
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it’s only good for the month of November
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so if you want to take advantage of that
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discount and not miss you know missing
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out on that then make sure that you sign
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up before the end of November so with
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that have a great rest of your week
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everybody I’m
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I’m here in the background cheering for
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you as you go through this year-end
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process and if you’ve got any questions
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just email me and let me know we can set
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up a time to talk have a great week
