Coso Framework
Enterprise Risk Management — Integrated Framework
Executive Summary
September 2004
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Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO)
Oversight COSO Chair American Accounting Association American Institute of Certified Public Accountants Financial Executives International Institute of Management Accountants The Institute of Internal Auditors Representative John J. Flaherty Larry E. Rittenberg Alan W. Anderson John P. Jessup Nicholas S. Cyprus Frank C. Minter Dennis L. Neider William G. Bishop, III David A. Richards
Project Advisory Council to COSO
Guidance Tony Maki, Chair Partner Moss Adams LLP James W. DeLoach Managing Director Protiviti Inc. John P. Jessup Vice President and Treasurer E. I. duPont de Nemours and Company Tony M. Knapp Senior Vice President and Controller Motorola, Inc. Douglas F. Prawitt Professor Brigham Young University
Mark S. Beasley Andrew J. Jackson Professor Senior Vice President of North Carolina State University Enterprise Risk Assurance
Executive Summary
September 2004
Copyright © 2004 by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission. All rights reserved. You are hereby authorized to download and distribute unlimited copies of this Executive Summary PDF document, for internal use by you and your firm. You may not remove any copyright or trademark notices, such as the ©, TM, or ® symbols, from the downloaded copy. For any form of commercial exploitation distribution, you must request copyright permission as follows: The current procedure for requesting AICPA permission is to first display our Website homepage on the Internet at www.aicpa.org, then click on the "privacy policies and copyright information" hyperlink at the bottom of the page. Next, click on the resulting copyright menu link to COPYRIGHT PERMISSION REQUEST FORM, fill in all relevant sections of the form online, and click on the SUBMIT button at the bottom of the page. A permission fee will be charged for th e requested reproduction privileges.
Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO)
Oversight COSO Chair American Accounting Association American Institute of Certified Public Accountants Financial Executives International Institute of Management Accountants The Institute of Internal Auditors Representative John J. Flaherty Larry E. Rittenberg Alan W. Anderson John P. Jessup Nicholas S. Cyprus Frank C. Minter Dennis L. Neider William G. Bishop, III David A. Richards
Project Advisory Council to COSO
Guidance Tony Maki, Chair Partner Moss Adams LLP James W. DeLoach Managing Director Protiviti Inc. John P. Jessup Vice President and Treasurer E. I. duPont de Nemours and Company Tony M. Knapp Senior Vice President and Controller Motorola, Inc. Douglas F. Prawitt Professor Brigham Young University
Mark S. Beasley Andrew J. Jackson Professor Senior Vice President of North Carolina State University Enterprise Risk Assurance