RISK FACTORS

Criteria used to identify the relative significance of and likelihood that
conditions/events may occur that could adversely affect the organization.

    Competitive Conditions
    Market Changes

    Integrity of Personnel

    Management Judgments

    Ethical Climate

    Geographical Location

    Foreign Exchange

    Environment

    Government Regulation

    Adverse Publicity

    Fraud

    Computer Outage

    Customer Service

    Technology

    Quality of Personnel

    Ethics

    Internal Controls

    Time Since Last Audit

    Results Last Audit

    Liquidity of Assets

    Complexity of Operations
    Size (unit, asset, etc.)

    Economic Conditions

    Change in Personnel

    Pressure Meet Objectives
    Morale

    Political Exposure

    Volume Transactions

    Financial Conditions

    Suppliers

    Ethical Climate

    Accounting Estimates

    Industry Conditions

    Organizational Changes

    Control Environment

    Financial Stability

    Profit Margins

    Product Obsolescence

    Market Saturation

    Interest Rates

    Debt

    Threat Bankruptcy

    Tone at Top

    Cash Flow

    Financial Results

    Accts Based on Estimates

    Compensation Levels

    Turnover

    Rapid Growth

    Extent Automation
    Customer Demands

    Forecasting

    Market Research

    Multiple Div. Operations

    Training

    Composition of Accts.

    Written Procedures

    Nature of Transactions

    Materiality

    External Threats

    Criminal Acts

    Segregation of Duties

    Loss of Funds

    Disaster Recovery

    Theft

    Loss of Data

    Alteration

    Accessibility

    Errors & Omissions

    Aggressive Incent. Prog.

    Laws/Regulations

    Market Conditions

    Related Party Trans.

    Highly Convertible Assets
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