One of the steps in effective internal control. An example of separation of duties is to have the money handling be performed by someone who does not update the records. This means that the money counters at a church need to be different from the person who updates the church members’ donation records. Requiring that two people be involved in a process instead of only one greatly reduces the odds of employee theft.
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