Chapter Research Committee

In 1996, The IIA's Research Foundation named the chapter research award in the memory of Dr. Donald E. Ricketts. Ricketts had been a member of the Foundation Board of Research Advisors since 1977. He had been the chairman of the Chapter Research and Doctoral Dissertation Committee since its inception. His leadership and support of the Chapter Research Program was instrumental in the ongoing success of the program.

Each year, The IIA sponsors a Chapter Research Competition and announces the winners at the International Conference. Each project is evaluated on (1) quality of work, (2) interest and practical value, (3) topic originality, and (4) basis for further research. The research must be started and completed during The Institute year to be eligible for this award. Chapters submitting projects will be awarded 20 CAP points.

Your Chapter has been very successful in its research efforts, taking first or second place nine of the past ten years.  Below are the recent Dallas Chapter Research Committee final reports.  Noted is the place the project finished in the Ricketts Award competition for that year.

• 2009-1020, Impact of the Economy: A Local Area Study in the Dallas-Fort Worth Region, 2nd Place
• 2008-2009, Awareness of SAS 70 Reports and its Application among Internal Auditors,
    1.1 MB, 1st Place
• 2007-2008, Confirmation Bias - Risk Perception Among Auditors in the Dallas/Fort Worth Area 1.7 MB, 2nd Place
• 2006-2007, Insider Trading from the Internal Auditor’s Perspective 100 KB, 1st Place
• 2005-2006, Whistleblower Mechanisms: A Study of the Perceptions of “Users” and “Responders” 254 KB, 1st Place
• 2004-2005, Quality Assessment Review Readiness 242 KB, 1st Place
• 2003-2004, Viewing Organizational Trust and Internal Auditing 261 KB, 1st Place
• 2002-2003, Future of Internal Audit 592 KB
• 2001-2002, Innovative Uses of CAATs & Continuous Auditing 283 KB, 2nd place
• 2000-2001, Benefits of an IIA Endowed Program 799 KB; Appendix 2.2 MB, 1st Place
• 1999-2000, Audit Department Management 861 KB, 1st Place
• 1998-1999, Soft Controls: A Dallas/Fort Worth Perspective 300 KB, 2nd Place

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