The idea of mandatory voting during U.S. elections is a much-debated topic in the United States. Making voting mandatory for all citizens‚ is debated to be something that could be either positive or negative. Both sides of the issue have their reasons why mandatory-voting laws should or should not be passed. Those who believe that mandatory voting should become a law believe that it will bring the number of voters on Election Day to increase. With voter participation rates falling below sixty
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THE ROLE OF AUDITORS IN THE CONTEXT OF CORPORATE GOVERNANCE Asst. Prof. Loganathan Krishnan Abstract Auditors examine company’s accounts and report to the company on the accounts. Fundamentally‚ the concern is how auditors carry out these duties effectively. Legislations namely Companies Act 1965‚ Securities Industry Act 1983 which has been consolidated as Capital Market and Services Act 2007 have made major inroads to ensure that auditors carry out their duties and obligations effectively. Additionally
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and would Joe be considered as a predecessor auditor? Sample Case 2 Solution: Problem Identification: Is a CPA who reviewed prior period financial statements considered as a predecessor auditor? Keywords: Review‚ predecessor auditor. Conclusion: AU-C 510.05 defines a predecessor auditor and AU-C 210.A27 provides guidance as to discussion with the predecessor auditor. However‚ a CPAs performing compilations and reviews are not predecessor auditors. Nonetheless‚ Tom may still wish to meet with
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As the convergence of IFRS and GAAP continues to impose new personal and professional challenges on U.S. auditors‚ it also presents new career opportunities for those who embrace the continuous‚ accelerating change that characterizes globalization. U.S. auditors who recognize the opportunities and prepare to take advantage of them have little to fear from the convergence. In contrast‚ auditors who are in denial about the convergence’s inevitable effects face a very different future.
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(by an outside firm). As defined by the Institute of Internal Auditors (IIA)‚ "Internal auditing is an independent‚ objective assurance and consulting activity designed to add value and improve an organization’s operations. It helps an organization accomplish its objectives by bringing a systematic‚ disciplined approach to evaluate and improve the effectiveness of risk management‚ control‚ and governance processes. Internal Auditors’ roles include monitoring‚ assessing‚ and analyzing organizational
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Department of Accounting‚ Goodwin‚ J. (2004)‚ "A comparison of internal audit in the private and public sectors"‚ Managerial Auditing Journal‚ Vol. 19 No.5‚ pp.640-50. IIA (1999a)‚ The Institute of Internal Auditors‚ www.theiia.org/index.cfm?doc_id=1617 IIA (1999b)‚ (The) Institute of Internal Auditors‚ available at www.theiia.org/index.cfm?doc_id=123 Sawyer‚ L.B Soy‚ S.K. (1997)‚ "The case study as a research method"‚ unpublished paper‚ University of Texas at Austin Van Gansberghe‚ C.N. (2005)‚ "Internal
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Vaccinations are essential to the health of a community. As David Keller (a physician and former Chief of the Infectious Disease Epidemiology Program with the New Mexico Department of Health‚ and parent‚ puts it)‚ “In reality‚ nature places foreign substances….in his body all the time. Some of those are harmless‚ but others can be deadly. By using vaccines‚ I can carefully introduce into his body substances that mimic harmful foreign substances and‚ in so doing‚ teach his immune system to protect
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Opinion Shopping Impair Auditor Independence and Audit Quality? by: Tong Lu Journal of Accounting Research‚ Vol. 44‚ No.3 (Jun.‚ 2006)‚ pp.561-583 Additional articles: Ghosh‚ A.‚ Moon‚ D.‚ (2005). Auditor Tenure and Perceptions of Audit Quality. The Accounting Review‚ Vol. 80(2)‚ pp.585-612. Myers‚ J. N.‚ Myers‚ L. A.‚ Omer‚ T. C.‚ (2003). Exploring the Term of the Auditor-Client Relationship and the Quality of Earnings: Case for Mandatory Auditor Rotation? The Accounting Review
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There are several common approaches to make the work place better‚ but it’s all up to the employees to put in good quality day of work. There are these three ways to make the employees happier and that is job enlargement‚ job rotation‚ and job enrichment. They are different in some ways but alike in many. The first way is job enlargement. This way is to expand in several tasks than just to do one single task. It is also the horizontal expansion of a job. It involves the addition of tasks at the
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countries‚ is still of somewhat poor achiever in case of social and development causes. After Independence the writers of the constitution themselves wanted the Government Of India to be evaluated for its functions and thereby created Comptroller and Auditor General of India and placing it in the constitution giving it a constitutional validity. Before we define the role of the CAG in establishing good governance‚ it is important to define governance as whole as well good governance and understanding
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