The foundation's mission is to support the development of high-quality international standards in ethics, audit, and assurance by: ensuring an independent, technically expert, and rigorous standard-setting process for ethics, audit, and assurance; supporting the public interest throughout the entire standard-setting process in ethics, audit, and assurance; through the iaasb and iesba, conducting research to support developing, adopting, and implementing international standards and to help educate and inform stakeholders.transparent, high-quality international standards are essential pillars of the global corporate reporting architecture. Their adoption and implementation improve the availability of high-quality financial and NON-financial information for stakeholders, investors, and the public supporting trust and confidence in corporate reporting and assurance and greater economic growth.