Overcoming Bias in Investigations and Audits
Overview
Online Self-Study
Description
When bias enters an individual’s work, the results can be very harmful. Allowing bias to impact audits and investigations can lead to the wrong person being punished and the real perpetrator getting away.
This course explores bias and its effects on investigations and audits. You will examine conscious and unconscious bias, how bias affects work and how you can counter its effects.
Prerequisites
None
You Will Learn How To:
Recognize bias and the ways it can manifest
Determine ways to mitigate the effects of bias
Distinguish conscious from unconscious bias
Relate bias to professional skepticism
Categorize the types of bias
Discern the ways that unconscious bias occurs
Recognize the way bias affects auditors and investigators
Table of Contents
| Lesson 1 | Introduction to Bias |
|---|---|
| Lesson 2 | Conscious Versus Unconscious Bias |
| Lesson 3 | How Bias Affects Work |
| Lesson 4 | Types of Unconscious Bias |
| Lesson 5 | A Case Study in Bias |
| Lesson 6 | Bias and Professional Skepticism |
| Lesson 7 | Countering the Effects of Bias |
CPE Information
| CPE Credit: | 2 |
|---|---|
| NASBA Information: | Behavioral Ethics |
| Advanced Preparation: | None |
| Last Updated: | May 2023 |
| Delivery Method: | QAS Self-Study |
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- Internet access: High-speed connection recommended
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