This Executive Summary, provides a high-level overview intended for the board of directors, chief executive officer, and other senior management. The Framework and Appendices publication sets out the Framework, defining internal control, describing requirements for effective internal control including components and relevant principles, and providing direction for all levels of management to use in designing, implementing, and conducting internal control and in assessing its effectiveness. Appendices within the Framework and Appendices provide additional reference, but are not considered a part of the Framework. The Illustrative Tools for Assessing Effectiveness of a System of Internal Control, provides templates and scenarios that may be useful in applying the Framework.In addition to the Framework, Internal Control over External Financial Reporting: A Compendium of Approaches and Examples has been published concurrently to provide practical approaches and examples that illustrate how the components and principles set forth in the Framework can be applied in preparing external financial statements.COSO previously issued Guidance on Monitoring Internal Control Systems to help orga-nizations understand and apply monitoring activities within a system of internal control. While this guidance was prepared to assist in applying the original framework, COSO believes this guidance has similar applicability to the updated Framework.COSO may, in the future, issue other documents to provide assistance in applying the Framework. However, neither the Internal Control over External Financial Reporting: A Compendium of Approaches and Examples, Guidance on Monitoring Internal Control Systems, nor any other past or future guidance takes precedence over the Framework.Among other publications published by COSO is the Enterprise Risk Management— Integrated Framework (ERM Framework). The ERM Framework and the Framework are intended to be complementary, and neither supersedes the other. Yet, while these frameworks are distinct and provide a different focus, they do overlap. The ERMFramework encompasses internal control, with several portions of the text of the original Internal Control–Integrated Framework reproduced. Consequently, the ERM Framework remains viable and suitable for designing, implementing, conducting, and assessing enterprise risk management.Finally, COSO would like to thank PwC and the Advisory Council for their contribu-tions in developing the Framework and related documents. Their full consideration of input provided by many stakeholders and their insight were instrumental in ensuring that the core strengths of the original framework have been preserved, clarified, and strengthened.
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