Answered: internal auditors.

Business

Accounting

internal auditors.

Contemporary Auditing

11th Edition

ISBN:9781337650380

Author:KNAPP

Publisher:KNAPP

Chapter3: Internal Control Issues

Section3.3: Avon Products, Inc.

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