(PWC)‚ Deloitte Touche‚ Ernst and Young‚ and KPMG. Throughout the 1980 ’s and 1990 ’s‚ these five companies provided auditing and tax services to most of the west ’s major companies. However‚ in 2002 Arthur Andersen ’s licences to practice as Certified Public Accountants (CPA ’s) in the US were voluntarily surrendered by the company in the wake of criminal charges relating to the Enron scandal. Although Arthur Andersen still technically exists as a company‚ and despite the verdict in relation to the
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NATURE of AUDITING‚ ATTESTATION AND ASSURANCE SERVICES Let us understand a few terminologies before going further in the discussion of the details of auditing and assurance since these terms will be used often throughout the text. Auditing‚ attestation and assurance services are often used interchangeably because they encompass the same decision-process: defining the decision problem‚ defining the alternative choices‚ identifying and obtaining information relevant to the decision problem‚ evaluating
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ACC 3401 Audit and Professional Ethics │LECTURE 1│ Concepts of Auditing Learning Objectives After the lecture‚ students should be able to: describe the nature‚ purpose and scope of an audit; describe various basic principles and concepts of auditing and explain their importance in the actual audit procedures; and describe the professional framework within which auditors must operate. 1. Accounting vs. Auditing Accounting - the process of recording‚ classifying‚ summarizing and
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Fundamentals of Internal Auditing September 5-7‚ 2007 A Three-Day Tutorial Philadelphia‚ PA on Internal Auditing September 19-21‚ 2007 Las Vegas‚ NV Basics October 15-17‚ 2007 Houston‚ TX • Get a well-grounded foundation in the concepts of traditional and operational auditing November 5-7‚ 2007 San Francisco‚ CA November 12-14‚ 2007 • Gain proven tools and techniques for performing value-added audits in the era of Sarbanes-Oxley and PCAOB Boston‚ MA December
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the Causes and Effects of the Enron Accounting Scandals Name: Do Minh Tam Class: MEP 100 Lecture: Karen Bird Date: December 24‚ 2010 Introduction Background From the 1980s until now‚ there have been a lot of accounting scandals which were widely announced on by media. The result of this situation is many companies were bankruptcy protection requests‚ and closing. One of the most widely reported emulation of accounting scandals is Enron Company. Enron Corporation is one of the largest
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Enron was a company in the energy industry founded in 1985 by Kenneth Lay. Enron was based in Huston‚ Texas and employed approximately 20‚000 people. In 2001‚ Enron filed for bankruptcy after many years of lying‚ fraud‚ and dishonesty with their financial books. Enron was pretending to be a huge‚ successful company when in reality‚ it was in a financial hole so deep there was no way of getting out. Discuss and analyze the culture at Enron. In what way was it effective? In what ways was it the catalyst
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Code of Ethics and Standards of Professional Conduct CHARTERED INSTITUTE OF STOCKBROKERS Chartered By Act 105 of 1992 May 13‚ 2010 Code of Ethics and Standards of Professional Conduct for Stockbrokers These CIS Code of Ethics and Standards of Professional Conduct for Stockbrokers have been prepared by the Chartered Institute of Stockbrokers (CIS). CIS Code of Ethics and Standards of Professional Conduct shall apply‚ in its entirety‚ to all members except where a member is practising outside Nigeria
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Auditing and Assurance Services‚ 14e (Arens) Chapter 24 Completing the Audit Learning Objective 24-1 1) Auditors often integrate procedures for presentation and disclosure objectives with: A) Tests for planning objectives Tests for balance-related objectives Yes Yes B) Tests for planning objectives Tests for balance-related objectives No No C) Tests for planning objectives Tests for balance-related objectives Yes No D) Tests for planning objectives Tests for balance-related
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1. What led to the eventual collapse of Enron under Lay and Skilling? The collapse of Enron seems to be rooted in a combination of the failure of top leadership‚ a corporate culture that supported unethical behavior‚ and the complicity of the investment banking community. In the aftermath of Enron’s bankruptcy filing‚ numerous Enron executives were charged with criminal acts‚ including fraud‚ money laundering‚ and insider trading. Ben Glisan‚ Enron’s former treasurer‚ was charged with two-dozen
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Report Form: Financial Report must be prepared according to the Standards of GAAP : generally accepted accounting principles for preparing the financial statements‚ these rules permit alternative accounting methods for some transactions. Furthermore‚ accountants have to interpret the rules as they apply GAAP in actual situations. The devil is in the details. The point is that interpreting GAAP is not cut-and-dried. Many accounting standards leave a lot of wiggle room for interpretation. Deciding how
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