produce credible results and "had the potential to undermine investor confidence in the integrity of the securities markets" (The Treasury‚ 2006). As a consequence a number of countries have reviewed their arrangements for independent oversight of the auditing profession. The United States‚ for example‚ has introduced tough external audit regulation under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. Canada has also introduced a regulator with extensive powers‚ including a national inspections unit as independent monitor
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Philadelphia‚ PA 19104-2875 Douglas Ziegenfuss College of Business and Public Administration Old Dominion University Norfolk‚ VA 23529 dziegenf@odu.edu November 28‚ 2010 We thank the Institute of Internal Auditors for access to the Global Auditing Information Network (GAIN) database. We thank Chris Hogan‚ Barry Brian‚ and seminar participants at the University of Tennessee for their helpful comments. a Corresponding author The Impact of Internal Audit Function Quality and Contribution on
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MEMORANDUM Date : November 10‚ 2010 To : Alchemy Corp. (Aren’t we addressing this memo to our parent co.‚ Alchem Corp.?) From : External Audit Team Subject: Internal Control Weakness and related fraud risk After much research and time spent on understanding the inner working of Alchemy Inc.‚ we have found some internal control weaknesses that could lead to potential fraud. Our audit procedures are designed to address internal control weaknesses and subsequent fraud risks
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Social Auditing: Environmental Ethics Issues Characters: George Holt financial director Kim Hopkins internal auditor Senior Management Brian Henderson professional accountant (friend) Phone ringing by George to Kim George: hello!!!! Kim Kim: Yes‚ sir!!! George: Kim‚ I would like to highlight to you‚ that our management board meetings is schedule to next week Monday. Kim: Humm!!! George:I want you to make audit report on the company’s affaires….including graphs and figures…with full
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Question 1: Name two cases in which companies have committed frauds by misstating inventory. Crazy Eddie and Goodner Brothers case are the good example for the inventory fraud cases. Question 2: What makes the intentional misstatement of inventory difficult to detect? When you have the most senior management of the company‚ particularly its financial management‚ consciously setting out to fool the auditors‚ to hide information from them‚ as they testified in the Monus trial‚ it’s very hard to
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CHAPTER 1 REVIEW QUESTIONS 1.2What qualities must an ‘assurer’ have in order for you to feel that their statement has high credibility? An assurer must have the knowledge and expertise to assess the truth and fairness of the information being presented by the preparers. Auditors of financial reports need to be trained accountants with detailed knowledge about the complex technical accounting and disclosure issues required to assess the choices made by the financial report preparers
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The North Face‚ Inc. - Individual Case Synopsis: The North Face‚ a company that has always found a way to sell their product to unique customer‚ didn’t get to where they are today easily. Presently owned by Vanity Fair‚ The North Face was started by Hap Klopp in the mid 1960s with the mission of providing a ready source of hiking and camping gear to customers. Today‚ they offer products ranging from outdoor chairs to backpacks. As the company began to grow‚ so did the goals set by management
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Anonymous Caller Case Study 1 a) What would you recommend to the caller if you were Dr. Mitchell? Since it appears that the firms top executives are all apart of the fraud and don’t plan on correcting their unethical action. I recommend that the anonymous caller completely remove himself/herself from the situation by resigning or by reporting the situation to the firm’s board of directors or a governmental agency. b) What are the risks of continuing to work with the company? There
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Chapter 14 Auditing the Revenue Cycle |Learning Check | 14-1. a. The revenue cycle includes the activities involved in the exchange of goods and services with customers and the realization of the revenue in cash. b. The classes of transactions in this cycle for a merchandising company are sales‚ sales adjustments‚ and cash receipts. The primary accounts affected by these transactions are sales‚ accounts receivable‚ cost of sales‚ inventory‚ cash‚ sales
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Auditing‚ Attestation‚ and Assurance Services Paper Jane Johnson Contemporary Auditing I ACC/491 Auditing‚ Attestation‚ and Assurance Services Paper Introduction Auditing is a subset of attestation‚ which is a subset of assurance. These services‚ which are governed by several organizations‚ are unique in their own way. Because of the constantly changing role of the auditor‚ particularly since the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002‚ different types of services have become necessary. In this
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