An organization's chief audit executive (CAE) has been asked to conduct an assurance engagement for an information technology system that was subject to a consulting engagement in the prior year. How should the CAE respond?
A) Decline the engagement because independence and objectivity would be impaired.
B) Delay the assurance engagement to ensure that there is a two-year period between the engagements.
C) Accept the engagement and assign different auditors to conduct the assurance services.
D) Facilitate a control self-assessment workshop instead of performing an assurance engagement.

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Assigning different auditors helps maintain independence and objectivity, allowing the assurance engagement to proceed without impairments.

An Organization's Chief Audit Executive (CAE) Has Been Asked to Conduct