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The risks of self-auditing systems

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Unforeseen problems can result from the absence of impartial independent evaluations.

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      cover image Communications of the ACM
      Communications of the ACM  Volume 59, Issue 6
      June 2016
      106 pages
      ISSN:0001-0782
      EISSN:1557-7317
      DOI:10.1145/2942427
      • Editor:
      • Moshe Y. Vardi
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