Counteracting Unconscious Bias in Audits  

Psychology research suggests that factors in the audit setting create cognitive biases that can reduce the auditor's likelihood of following up on client explanations with additional evidence. Cognitive biases often represent unconscious, systemic influences affecting how individuals gather and interpret information when forming judgments and decisions. This course discusses some ways of reducing this unconscious bias in audits.

This overview course may be appropriate for professionals at all organizational levels.

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