Internal audit as a mechanism to reduce the financial and administrative corruption in local communities, wilaya of Laghouat is a model

Abstract

This study aims to know the application of the internal audit as a mechanism to reduce corruption in Algerian local communities, where the researchers presented a questionnaire consisting of 15 phrases and a random sample of workers of financial interests at in Laghouat wilaya and its municipalities, which amounted to 120 individuals, and the descriptive approach was adopted to describe the phenomenon under study, and the case study method using SPSS23 program to present and analyze the results; The study concluded that there are no significant differences between the opinions of the investigated group among them between the role of internal audit and the reduction of corruption in the administrations local, and based on the findings the researchers recommend the need for serious thinking in establishing internal audit departments in various local communities, and work to inform the media about the risks of corruption.