Should auditors be held more accountable in uncovering financial fraud? Table of Contents Introduction Currently in the United States‚ the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) the International Auditing and Assurance Board (IAASB) are the most influential accounting standard boards able to influence fraud detection standard setting in financial reporting. In recent years‚ there has been a growing trend in financial scandals such as WorldCom‚ Enron and Madoff
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The relationship of audit techniques‚ audit procedures and assertions Audit technique - are the basic tool or means employed to obtain audit evidences. Audit procedures - are the application of audit techniques. Assertions – are representation of management as to the fairness of the financial statements. Audit Techniques Audit Procedures Assertions Count Counting of inventory‚ cash securities‚ unmatured‚ promissory note (to establish existence and where applicable‚ ownership
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Do auditors need to have in-depth knowledge of information technology? Yes‚ auditors need to have in-depth knowledge of information technology. Networks and computers deliver the most information needed for auditing to work. For it to be effective‚ auditors have to use the computer as an auditing tool‚ audit automated systems and data‚ and understand the business purposes for the systems and the situation in which the systems operate. The other important uses for networks and computers by auditors
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Should Drug Testing Be Mandatory For Welfare Recipients? Florida Governor Rick Scott made plans to test all welfare recipients to see if they are using drugs before they can receive payments is hardly saving the state any money‚ according to recent reports. At $30 per test‚ the state paid $28‚800 in drug test reimbursements (960 reimbursements at $30 each‚ since about 2 percent also didn’t finish the application process) for those who did pass‚ while saving themselves about $66‚000 in payments
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PROMOTING GOOD GOVERNANCE IN PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS: THE ROLE OF THEINTERNAL AUDITOR Introduction: All over the world there is a realization that the Internal Audit activity has the potential to provide hitherto unparalleled services to managemet in the conduct of their duties. This potential has been turned into a challenge and embodied in the new definition of Internal Auditing from the Institute of Internal Auditors (the IIA). The Government of the Republic of india by the Internal Audit
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Should the Mandatory Life sentence for Murder be abolished? Murder carries a mandatory life sentence‚ under the Murder (Abolition of death penalty) Act 1965. This can but rarely does‚ mean that the offender will spend the rest of his natural life in prison. An offender given a mandatory life sentence who is released from prison will remain on licence for the rest of his or her life. The incident of Michael Barton who was racially motivated to murder Anthony walker aged 20‚ with an ice axe will face
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Why Vaccines Should Be Mandatory Crystal Hannah COMM / 215 Ms. Deborah Thompson Why Vaccines Should Be Mandatory In the last century diseases such as whooping cough‚ polio‚ measles‚ and rubella struck hundreds of thousands of infants‚ children‚ and adults in the United States. Thousands died every year from them not to mention the serious damage afflicted to the survivors such as‚ seizures‚ brain damage‚ or blindness. As vaccines were developed and used‚ rates of these diseases consistently
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Lelen H Lemou Click it or Ticket. Mandatory seat belt laws are very important to have in every city and state. A seat belt save lives and saves and lowers insurance rates. Some people argue that it is too much government involvement but it is important because more people die and are injured from car accidents in this country. It is important for government to impose strict penalties for those who do not wear their seatbelt. In many cases some people do not wear seat belts because they are travelling
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Mandatory minimum sentences are polices that require judges or juries to sentence convicted criminals to a minimum sentence irrespective of possible mitigating circumstances. Mandatory minimum sentences became increasingly popular as a result of the drug war‚ when both the federal government as well as states elected to enact mandatory minimum sentences for non-violent drug offenders. California’s Three Strikes law was one of the most publicized of these laws. It required a mandatory 25-year to life
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training process; but real life situations would cause a more traumatic impact on one’s life. Police departments could take a lot away from this study. Being that many police officers go through different stages of trauma‚ all departments should have a mandatory trauma training before any officer is sworn in. Even though the training might not give them
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