When does employee fraud occur? It is commonly accepted that the presence of the three elements of the “Fraud Triangle” increases the risk of employee fraud: Motivation: The employee is somehow motivated to commit a fraud. Economic factors such as personal financial distress‚ substance abuse‚ gambling‚ overspending‚ or other similar addictive behaviors may provide motivation. The current national economic recession may serve to increase the incidence of such financial motivations. Opportunity:
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CHAPTER 19: PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT‚ INDEPENDENCE‚ AND QUALITY CONTROL Ethics and Professional Conduct * Ethics- system or code of conduct based on moral duties and obligations that indicate how an individual should interact with others in society. * Professionalism- refers to the conduct‚ aims‚ or qualities that characterize or mark a profession or professional person. * Most important concepts: personal responsibility and integrity * Accounting profession has developed a Code
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AUDIT GUIDELINES Level 1 General IT audit approach COBIT Framework Audit Process Requirements Control Observations Generic Audit Guideline Level 2 Process audit guidelines Level 3 Audit attention points to complement detailed control objectives J Detailed Audit Guidelines J Local Conditions sector specific criteria industry standards platform specific elements detailed control techniques used AUDIT PROCESS REQUIREMENTS Having defined what we are going to audit and provide assurance
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auditing are: i. Detection and prevention of Frauds‚ and ii. Detection and prevention of Errors. Detection of material frauds and errors as an incidental objective of independent financial auditing flows from the main objective of determining whether or not the financial statements give a true and fair view. As the Statement on auditing Practices issued by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India states‚ an auditor should bear in mind the possibility of the existence of frauds or errors in the
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Chapter 10 Assessing Control Risk / Tests of Controls |Learning Check | 10-1. a. Assessing control risk is the process of evaluating the effectiveness of an entity’s internal controls in preventing or detecting material misstatements in the financial statements. b. Control risk should be assessed in terms of individual financial statement assertions. 10-2. In assessing control risk for an assertion‚ the auditor should perform the following five steps:
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Nike’s Cultural Audit Today a shoe is more than something to protect and keep one’s feet warm‚ it is a fashion statement‚ an athletic enhancer‚ rebellion‚ status‚ and the ins and outs of coolness. Shoes‚ mainly athletic shoes have changed drastically throughout the years. From weight‚ size‚ look‚ and comfort ability‚ Nike has been the leading footwear company to develop and lead such a growing industry. Peter Hitchcock‚ the author of Oscillate Wildly‚ wrote‚ “The shoe is magical‚ within both
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Auditing Program Design Part II The purpose of this part of the audit process for Apollo Shoes is to design tests of controls‚ substantive tests of transactions‚ and analytical procedures for the sales‚ collection‚ payroll‚ personnel‚ acquisition‚ and payment cycles. These test and procedures are with intent to attest operating effectiveness of internal controls of Apollo Shoes on the basis of documentation provided. It is with the understanding that with the performing of test and procedures an
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Strategic Audit Is Apple Products Generic (iPod‚ iPhone‚ iPad)? Group No. 5- Ghanshyam Bheda (104) Kritika Gupta (311) Shikhar Mehra (314) Shivani Saxena (319) Sidharth Aneja (322) Suman Rathi (324) Ritwa Lokhandwala (330) Prabhudha Kushagra (336) Introduction Music Player Category MP3 player or Digital Audio Player is a consumer electronics device that is capable of storing and playing digital media such as audio‚ images‚ video‚ documents‚ etc. the data is typically stored on a hard drive‚ Microdrive
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Regina for the period 1986 to 1988. Also‚ compute key liquidity‚ solvency‚ activity‚ and profitability ratios for the years 1987 and 1988. Given these data‚ identify what you believe were the high-risk financial statement line items for the 1988 Regina audit. I computed the ratios for 1986 as well as the required 1987 and 1988. The most interesting occurrence is how the values for the growth were not translated in the ratios. As sales increased‚ cost of goods sold decreased. This would indicate that
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Morrison’s Marketing Audit Table of Contents Executive summary Morrison’s is the fourth largest supermarket chain in the UK. Its competitive position has been assessed throughout the marketing audit presented below. As the findings suggest‚ the company is vulnerable to number of forces in the internal and the external environment‚ most notably the competition and the declining sales. Introduction The UK economy has suffered significant blows during the aftermath of the most recent financial
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