The pillars of the three-point program proposed by former Chief Accountants Walter P. Schuetze, Michael H. Sutton, and Lynn E. Turner are: PCAOB must exercise its mandate to establish independence guidelines that will ensure that auditors embrace a role that is fully consistent with high public expectations. PCAOB must insist that the profession tackle financial reporting failures as a distinct issue with a distinct goal - disaster prevention. "We understand that, in life, 'zero defects' are almost never realized. Nevertheless, the public expects that the profession will pursue that end - and with greater energy than in the past - and with more success. To this end, the PCAOB should establish auditing standards, rather than delegating that role to the auditing profession." PCAOB should establish necessary regulatory processes that give comfort to investors and the public that the profession is doing all that it can do to prevent future episodes of failed financial reporting. Those processes should include independent inspections of the audits performed by auditors of the financial statements of public companies. Inspections should be performed by staff of the PCAOB and not 'outsourced' to the auditing profession.