1.05
Principle 1: Demonstrate Commitment to Integrity and Ethical Value
Attribute: 1.05: Tone at the top can be either a driver, as shown in the preceding paragraphs, or a barrier to internal control. Without a strong tone at the top to support an internal control system, the entity's risk identification may be incomplete, risk responses may be inappropriate, control activities may not be appropriately designed or implemented, information and communication may falter, and results of monitoring may not be understood or acted upon to remediate deficiencies.
This specific discussion of a Potential Green Book Deviation is from a sub-section titled, Motor Vehicle Department Contract.
The MC legal team claimed there is no contract between MC and the Arizona Motor Vehicle Department (MVD). This is almost impossible to comprehend given that the MVD was performing voter registration activities with a direct impact to election outcomes and yet, there was no written agreement between these two government entities. Given there is virtual certainty of some type of written agreement, I will assume that I was denied access to the documentation because I did not use the correct terminology in my records request, even though my intent was clear.
Potential Green Book Deviation:
Contrary to the Green Book, I presume that I was denied access to the written agreement between MC and the Arizona MVD. Perhaps it was called a Memorandum of Understanding or the other government entity was Arizona Department of Transportation, not the MVD. Regardless
