CAQ exec: How audit must adapt amid coronavirus challenges
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Maria L. Murphy2020-04-27T14:23:00
Julie Bell Lindsay, executive director of the Center for Audit Quality, shares her perspectives on how public company auditors are coping with new challenges from the coronavirus pandemic.
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