The purpose of separating the duties of hiring personnel and distributing payroll checks is toseparate thea. Authorization of transactions from the custody of related assets.b. Operational responsibility from the record-keeping responsibility.c. Human resources function from the controllership function.d. Administrative controls from the internal accounting controls.

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