Audit Quality and Audit Firm Size: Revisited by Dan A. Simunic The University of British Columbia December‚ 2003 Background: 1. Audit quality is an important element of corporate governance – although it’s unclear whether audit quality and other aspects of corporate governance (e.g. director knowledge and independence) are fundamentally complements or substitutes. 2. Notion that audit quality varies systematically across classes of audit firms (now Big 4 vs. non-Big 4) has been
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002 Case Set 2 Case 2a Questions: 1. Read AU 110 (a) What are management’s responsibilities pertaining to the independent audit? According to the PCAOB Standards‚ section AU 110.03 clearly states that management shall bear responsibility for all issued financial statements‚ the adoption of sound accounting policies‚ and for establishing and maintaining a system of internal controls that will record‚ track and process transactions‚ events and conditions. Management shall also maintain an understanding
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Marketing Audit Report on Hot n Spicy- Group Case Study Submitted by: Zhang Lin (4341958) Saltanat Yelgonova (4630014) Waqas Nadir (4634305) Sara Al Zaabi (4619961) Sagar Patel (4632618) Submitted to: Dr. Prakash Vel University of Wollongong Dubai 1 Table of contents 1. Executive summary ......................................................................................................................... 1 2. Introduction to the restaurant industry ..................
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Audit Plan- GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) Key business and audit risk: In order to make the report more efficient we must identify the key areas of business risk and auditing risk. Business risk can be defined as the risk‚ which could affect an organization’s ability to achieve its objectives (Gray and Manson‚ 2007). Audit risk is defined as the risk that the auditor gives an inappropriate audit opinion when the financial statements are materially misstated (Soltani‚ 2007). In Gray and Manson (2007)’s
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pervasive component of the company’s financial performance‚ the auditor would have to give a denial of opinion. Scenario 3 o The auditor would need to assess the auditors qualifications‚ compliance with ethical requirements‚ quality control systems o If deemed necessary‚
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Content Nike Strategic Audit Page 2 Appendix A IFAS‚EFAS‚SFAS Page 10 Appendix B Nike Porter ’s Five Page 11 Appendix C Nike Financial Data Page 14 References Page 19 I- Current Situation A. Current Performance Robust financial position‚ $ 15 billion net Profit (See appendix B). Market share around 47%. 28‚000 employee B. Strategic posture 1. Mission To bring inspiration and innovation to every athlete in the world. 2. Objectives Provide an environment
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eventually drawn into Livent’s fraudulent schemes by its principal architects‚ including Maria Messina‚ the company’s chief financial officer (CFO). Messina‚ a former partner with Deloitte & Touche’s Canadian affiliate‚ had previously served as Livent’s audit engagement partner. The fraud unraveled following Livent’s takeover by an investment group led by Hollywood mogul Michael Ovitz. The new management team installed by Ovitz soon found that “massive‚ systematic irregularities” permeated the company’s
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INTERNAL AUDIT TRAINING MODULE BASED ON THE INTERNAL AUDIT PROCEDURE MANUAL Ministry of Finance & Economic Development November 2005 TABLE OF CONTENT MODULE I I. INTRODUCTION AND GENERAL BACKGROUND SESSION I INTRODUCTION BREAKING THE ICE LEARNING CONTRACT BASES AND AUTHORITY THE GENERAL CONCEPT OF AUDITING 1 1 1 2 3 SESSION II HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT OF INTERNAL AUDITING INTERNAL AUDITING IN ETHIOPIA THE SCOPE AND PRACTICE OF INTERNAL AUDITING IN ETHIOPIA NEED TO ADOPT THE PROFESSIONAL
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INTRODUCTION Internal auditing is a management-oriented discipline that has evolved rapidly since World War II. Once a function primarily concerned with financial and accounting matters‚ internal auditing now addresses the entire range of operating activities and performs a correspondingly wide variety of assurance and consulting services. By definition‚ according to Institute of Internal Auditors (IIA)‚ internal auditing is an independent‚ objective assurance and consulting activity designed to
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Introduction: Audit emerges because society needed. Auditing has been a regular feature of organized human activity from the earliest times. Indeed evidence suggests that formal audit procedures existed in the economic activities of the most of the early civilization. With the advancement of development‚ audit emerges as a separate discipline & contributes to the economic & social advancement. Audits serve a vital economic purpose and play an important role in serving the public interest to strengthen
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