According to Paragraph 4 of Auditing Standard No. 3 (PCAOB 2004)‚ “The auditor must prepare audit documentation in connection with each engagement conducted pursuant to the standards of the PCAOB. Audit documentation should be prepared in sufficient detail to provide a clear understanding of its purpose‚ source‚ and the conclusions reached. Also‚ the documentation should be appropriately organized to provide a clear link to the significant findings or issues.” Referring to Paragraph 4‚ the audit
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Arthur Andersen: Questionable Accounting Practices 1. Describe the legal and ethical issues surrounding Andersen ’s auditing of companies accused of accounting improprieties. The legal issues that surrounded Andersen ’s audition were that there was conflict of interest and there was lack of independence on the part of Andersen. In this context‚ Andersen took up lucrative management consultancy projects for the clients of whom it was the auditor. From the deontological ethical perspective
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Case 11-3 Master of the Universe TABLE OF CONTENTS Statement of facts……………………………………………... 3 Question 1…………………………………………………….. 5 Solution……………………………………………….. 5 Question 2…………………………………….......................... 6 Solution……………………………………………….. 6 Question 3…………………………………………………….. 7 Alternatives…………………………………………… 7 Solution……………………………………………….. 8 STATEMENT OF FACTS Saturn
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Question 11 Blood group O Blood group O (or blood group zero in some countries) individuals do not have either A or B antigens on the surface of their RBCs‚ but their blood serum contains IgM anti-A and anti-B antibodies against the A and B blood group antigens. Therefore‚ a group O individual can receive blood only from a group O individual‚ but can donate blood to individuals of any ABO blood group (i.e.‚ A‚ B‚ O or AB). If anyone needs a blood transfusion in an emergency‚ and if the time taken
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3. Internal Audit of operations: If the managers of Baring bank would have instituted internal audit of operations then they would have been able to uncover Leeson teeming and lading acts‚ Fraudulent cover up and grave misjudgment made while undertaking his duties.However this was not in place and their isn’t evidence of any manager who undertook to review Leesons work as they viewed Leeson to be independent. 4. Background Review: Due to the fact that the management of Baring Bank had created a
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How does accounting help in the capital allocation process? If a company’s financial performance is measured accurately‚ fairly‚ and on a timely basis‚ the right managers and companies are able to attract investment capital. To provide unreliable and irrelevant information leads to poor capital allocation which adversely affects the securities market. What is the objective of financial reporting? The objective of general purpose financial reporting is to provide financial information about the
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Client-Based / Client-Server Assignment John Birster Axia College IT240 Daniel Dronsick July 23‚ 2013 Client-Based / Client-Server Assignment Introduction Complete Case Projects 3-1‚ 3-2 and 3-3 of Guide to Networking Essentials. Substantively justify your choice in determining if client-based or client/server model will be used (Syllabus‚ IT240 Version 4‚ Intro to LAN Technologies‚ 2012). Definitions Client-Based Model – “an application that runs on a work station or personal computer
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FAR 600 TUTORIAL 4 BACC 8G GROUP MEMBERS: NUR AIN BT ABU BAKAR NUR LIYANA BT MOHD ZAINI AKMA NUR AMANINA BT ZAKARIA MADIHAH BT ABU THARIM DATE OF SUBMISSION: 5 APRIL 2013 PREPARED FOR: MADAM AFIDAH BT SAPARI QUESTION 5 How principal in the agency relationship protects again the opportunistic behavior of the agent and the agent’s response to this. There are two costs that will be implemented by the principal towards the opportunistic agent behavior. First is monitoring cost which
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Kareemah L. Graham Strategic Management Capstone‚ MGMT6709043 University of Maryland University College Turnitin Originality Receipt Similarity | | Case 1 32% | | Start | 11-Jan-2013 | 4:53PM | Due | 04-Mar-2013 | 11:59PM | Post | 30-Apr-2013 | 12:00AM | | 32% | Introduction Apple Inc. is best known for its remarkable designs‚ manufacturing capabilities‚ communications and media devices‚ music players‚ software
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REPORT IN DEFENCE OR FAVOUR FOR THE ADVOCATE OF AN INTERNATIONAL STANDARD OF ACCOUNTING PRACTICE. INTRODUCTION Internationalization of economic trade and globalization of businesses is on the ascendency. Consequently‚ financial statements prepared according to a nation’s local accounting system may hardly meet the needs of investors‚ business partners‚ financiers and decision-makers who are conversant with international standards. Meanwhile‚ developing and emerging markets are the target of the
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