independent audit

noun

1. an audit of a company conducted by accountants from an outside accounting firm (internal audit ).

Example Sentences

A shareholder proposal had requested that the board of directors commission an independent audit and report of the working conditions and treatment that Amazon warehouse workers face.

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After a flurry of city-court diplomacy, the city agreed to pay $2.2 million, a figure later upped to more than $3 million, for an independent audit.

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The State Bar, represented by attorneys from Hueston Hennigan, seeks compensatory and punitive damages for the “unacceptable February Bar Exam experience,” and is also seeking an independent audit of the company.

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And there hasn't been an independent audit of the algorithm.

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The Board of Fire Commissioners president said earlier this month that it will do an “independent audit” of the Palisades fire.

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