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    The hospital is only responsible for any injury to Mr. Jones as a result of improper care. Dr. Simon did not release Mr. Jones as he felt the patient’s condition might be detrimental to his health and emotional state. He may have felt that Mr. Jones was not stable enough to function outside the hospital‚ due to hallucinations and convulsions. However‚ according to the Joint Commission the hospital and Dr. Simon may be liable if they did not do everything possible to prevent Mr. Jones’ departure from

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    CHAPTER TWO LITERATURE REVIEW 2.1 Introduction Reliable accounting and financial reporting issued by auditors help organisations in allocating resources from the society in an efficient manner. Although the primary goal of an organisation is profit making and to allocate limited capital resources to the production of goods and services for which society’s demand is great‚ a highly complex phenomenon which is corruption poses a threat to those goals and services. However‚ most organisations spend

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    Chairman Arthur Levitt Jr. were extremely concerned that the public accounting firms were violating the auditors independence rules addressed through the Securities Exchange Acts. Auditing firms now had dual citizenship in public companies: (1) they issued opinions on audited financial statements and (2) they participated in various consulting engagements for those same companies. Levitt ’s solution was to split auditing and consulting. The former Chairman was concerned that the public would

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    Week 3 – The auditor at risk video Handout 1 - Background to South Bay Systems Ltd South Bay Systems Ltd manufactures integrated hardware and software chemical analysis products for the medical and drugs industries. The company is owned and run by Tim Falco‚ recognised throughout the industry as being one of the most innovative hardware engineers in his field. He has already built up one very successful business in a similar market that he sold to a major competitor 5 years ago. Tim

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    the internal auditor becomes a continuing contributor in terms of developing good corporate governance practices and structure. It is said that an effective internal audit function enables the board to perform its corporate governance duties through organizational involvement‚ assessment‚ training‚ professional guidance and communication at all levels within the organization (Kenneth D’Silva‚ Jeffrey Ridley‚ 2007). Audit committee‚ managers‚ internal auditors and external auditors play a critical

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    CORPORATE FRAUD & THE ROLES OF AUDITOR (BANGLADESH PERSPECTIVE) Submitted To: Tahmina Ahmed Lecturer Department Of Accounting And Information Systems University Of Dhaka. Submitted By: Group No. 02 ID 18003 18051 18053 18073 18089 18200 NAME Safiqur Rahman Mahadin Anik Mahmudul Islam Arnab Kumar Chakrabartty Abdullah Al Noman Namrata Chakma Date of Submission: November 11‚ 2014. 1|Page This Report Includes The Following Contents Chapter No. Contents Page No. 01.Introduction 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Introduction

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    INDEPENDENT AUDITOR’S REPORT the stockholders and board of directors XYZ CORPORATION Company Address Report on the Financial Statements We have audited the accompanying financial statements of XYZ CORPORATION which comprise the statement of financial condition as at December 31‚ 2011 and the statement of operations‚ statement of changes in equity and cash flows for the year then ended‚ and a summary of significant accounting policies and other explanatory information. Management’s

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    36894206 The responsibility of the external auditor and the management of the entity being audited with relation fraud and error. 1.Introduction Fraud is defined as something that is intended to deceive people and error is defined as something unintentionally done wrong‚ e.g. as a result of poor judgment or lack of care by Encarta English Dictionary. After the collapse of great companies like Enron‚ and World com to mention a few‚ it has raised eyebrows the involvement of auditors in these failed

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    ACCT304 1. Who are the firm’s auditors? Do they provide a clean opinion on the financial statements? On page 53 of the Green Mountain Coffee Roasters‚ Inc 10-K Annual Report‚ they state that PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP‚ an independent registered public accounting firm‚ has audited the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting. They provide a clean opinion on the financial statements. On page F-2‚ the auditor had written a note stating‚ “In our opinion‚ the

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    Does shareholders ratification of auditor selection enhance auditor independence? Sear Amiri 894560 Accounting Supervisor : S.N.M. Van den Bogaerde -2012- Abstract: The U.S. Department of the Treasury ’s Advisory Committee on the Auditing Profession (ACAP) recommends that all public companies must have an annual shareholders ratification of external auditor selection. An important aim of their recommendation was to enhance auditor independence. However the ACAP did not provide

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