Case 3.3 1. Identify and briefly describe fundamental and cost-effective internal controls that charitable organizations could implement to reduce their exposure to theft losses. Fraud has been on the rise over the past decades‚ and America’s charitable communities have not been immune to these acts. With the tremendous expanding‚ charity organizations have controlled a lot of financial and nonfinancial resources. While it is common that many small and medium-size volunteer organizations have lack
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Management Control Systems at Reliance Industries Limited Company Profile Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) is world’s leading and India’s no: 1 Private Ltd. Company. RIL group is a highly diversified group and is in to multiproduct business like oil / gas exploration‚ retail of petro / consumer products and mfg. of petrochemical / refining and textile products. Also‚ in to infrastructure and transportation sectors. he Reliance Group‚ founded by Dhirubhai H. Ambani (1932-2002)‚ is India’s largest
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was the CEO? The CEO was Bernie Ebbers. Who was the CFO? The CFO was Scott Sullivan. What are the names of the two members of the internal audit staff who worked with Cynthia on their secret investigation? Gene Morse and Glyn Smith What made the internal auditors think that possibly there was a need to investigate WorldCom’s accounting? The internal auditors thought that there may be a need to investigate with WorldCom’s accounting stemmed from an unjustified $400M reserve reversal which
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UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY Internal Auditing (ACC4012) Bryan’s Publishing Case Question 2 BookStore Company Limited is a 100% subsidiary of Bryan’s Publishing and specializes in the publication and distribution of business text books. BookStore employs on average 50 employees and sales for financial year December 2011 exceeded $20 million. Bryan periodically sends a member of its Internal Audit Department to audit the operations of its subsidiaries. Phillip Smith is an Internal Audit staff working with
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Behind Closed Doors at WorldCom: 2001 1. Two General Accounting employees—Dan Renfroe and Angela Walter—made journal entries in the amount of $150 million and $171 million‚ respectively‚ without detailed support. It was noted that this was not out of the ordinary at WorldCom. In your opinion‚ was this a proper accounting practice? Explain. Though this may not be out of the ordinary for WorldCom‚ this is not a correct accounting practice. The way the entries were made does not comply with the proper
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correct relationship of internal audit to senior management? The correct relationship to exist between internal auditors to senior management is one that meets the risk areas as defined by importance to senior management; this includes assurance and consultative reporting result. The same premise is also true for creating a correct relationship with operational management and the audit committee; under these cases‚ operational management desires consultative results and the audit committee desires assurance
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1. As the auditor‚ list the concerns you have may suggest fraud‚ is occurring in the company. 1. Conflicts of interest. The owner of the company which is Justin Bieber‚ frequently takes extended vacations with his family and rarely examines the books of his business. He always appoint any of the family members to monitor and take charge the position while he’s not around for business trip and outstation. 2. The participants of the governors are rarely active in managing the direction and strategy
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Mark&Spencer Governance Structure Corporate Governance 1. Group Board The board’s role is what management is doing‚ holding them accountable for performance against the targets and standards‚ probing and challenging their thinking to make sure that they are on the right track. The Board works closely with management in thinking through their direction and long-term plans‚ the opportunities‚ the risks and making sure we are developing the right management team for the future. The non-executives
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axelspringer.de/en/artikel/Audit-by-Ernst-Young_1352036.html * Maef Woods (2003)‚ The Global Reporting Initiative * Royal NIVRA Amsterdam (2008)‚ A Guide to Reporting & Assurance of Non-financial Information in Public Sector * Royal NIVRA Amsterdam (2007)‚ Assurance Engagements Relating to Sustainability Reports * Giacommo Manetti & Lucia Becatti (2008)‚ Assurance Services for Sustainability Reports : Standards and Empirical Evidence * Ernst & Young (2011‚ April)‚ Internal Audit’s Evolving
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accountable for the internal controls of the company especially with the threat of imprisonment if the internal controls are not maintained. The act ensures that a “checks and balance” internal auditing of the accounting cycle for the company and investors to keep their assets in check. The role of internal audits is to ensure that Institute of Internal Auditor’s Standards for the Professional Practice of Internal Auditing Standard 300 Scope of Work be followed. The scope of the internal audit should encompass
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