One of Just's first tasks as the new CAE was to develop the IAD's mission statement. The new CAE chose the following mission statement for the IAD which is almost verbatim from the Institute of Internal Auditors' (IIA) definition of the internal auditing function:
"To provede independent, objective assurance services designed to add value and improve The Schwan Food Company's operations. The internal audit department helps the orgganization accomplish its objectives by bringing a systematic, disciplined approach to evaluate and improve the effectiveness of the overall comtrol environment and the network of enterprise business risk management control and governance processes."
The Schwan Food Company's overall mission, of defining goal, is that the company "will be the biggest, the best and the strongest provider of frozen food solutions on the face of the earth.