Seminar "Applied Ethics of State Auditors"

Objavljeno 27. 1. 2025. On the initiative and in cooperation with the Audit Office of the Institutions of Bosnia and Herzegovina, representatives of the State Audit Office of the Republic of Croatia held an online seminar on the topic "Applied Ethics of State Auditors" for employees of the Audit Office of the Institutions of Bosnia and Herzegovina on January 23, 2025, as a continuation of efforts to continuously emphasize ethics in supreme audit institutions through educational processes and other exchanges of knowledge and experience.
After a brief introduction to the ethics of state auditors with an emphasis on the basic INTOSAI ethical values ​​and principles, the seminar discussed how auditors should act or apply these principles and values ​​in certain situations, how to prevent the risks of unethical behavior among auditors or at least minimize their consequences, and what are the possible negative impacts on the integrity of auditors.
There was also an interactive discussion on certain forms of unethical behaviour that have been identified as the most frequent or critical through the experience of supreme audit institutions, linking them to the risks and consequences they entail, as well as possible control measures and mechanisms for their prevention, management and processing. The seminar also presented the experience of the State Audit Office of the Republic of Croatia with complaints about unethical behaviour and the methods and procedures for resolving them.
The seminar participants concluded that such ways of exchanging knowledge and experiences are useful in many ways and expressed the need for continued activities and training on this issue.