CASE 8.1 LIVENT‚ INC. Synopsis Similar to most financial frauds‚ the Livent‚ Inc. fraud was masterminded by a few individuals‚ primarily Garth Drabinsky and Myron Gottlieb. However‚ numerous individuals were eventually drawn into Livent’s fraudulent schemes by its principal architects‚ including Maria Messina‚ the company’s chief financial officer (CFO). Messina‚ a former partner with Deloitte & Touche’s Canadian affiliate‚ had previously served as Livent’s audit engagement partner
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Social Audit A social audit is a business statement presented annually to understand‚ measure‚ report and improve the organization ’s social and ethical performance. Usually‚ social audit is addressed to employees‚ investors‚ market analysts‚ shareholders and lastly‚ the community. This is considered to be the main ground for practicing corporate social responsibility. With social audit‚ it strengthens the relationship between company‚ society and environment and at the same time showing the
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Sustainable use of energy- A case study on Energy Audit for Centre for Environmental Studies‚ Anna University (V. Vandhana Devi*) Abstract Climate Change & Global warming‚ ever increasing energy prices‚ acute energy shortage‚ forever widening and supply gap‚ hence energy efficiency and conservation measures have gained importance in the recent years. This paper involved an energy auditing with a view to enhance the existing energy efficiency level in the Centre for Environmental Studies
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CASE STUDY Analysis CASE 3 The Apollo Group‚ Inc - University 1. What was the basic vision that guided the founding of The Apollo Group? How has that vision‚ now a company mission‚ changed in the first 25 years of the company? 2. How does Apollo view and assess the higher education market? 3. What are key elements of Apollo’s business strategy? 4. What is Apollo’s teaching/leaming model? 5. How do the structural components of Apollo’s strategy/model match their target customers’
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Training Material on Internal Auditing Internal Auditing Handbook 1 Session 1 – External Audit........................................................................5 1.1 Definition and Objective.....................................................................5 1.2 Responsibilities of External Audit ......................................................5 1.3 Scope of the Audit .............................................................................6 1.4 Auditor’s Report Basic
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Apollo 13 The film‚ Apollo 13‚ is based on the real-life crisis that occurred April 13‚ 1970 on board the Apollo spacecraft. The two main characters‚ Gene Kranz (Ed Harris) and Jim Lovell (Tom Hanks) are the key players who will address how a leader is able to survive and thrive in a world in which unexpected events occur on a regular basis. They portray the effective styles of leadership in balance with their ever changing surroundings‚ as well as their ability to maintain their interpersonal
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important part of business strategy is concerned with ensuring that these resources and competencies are understood and evaluated - a process that is often known as a "Strategic Audit". The process of conducting a strategic audit can be summarised into the following stages: (1) Resource Audit: The resource audit identifies the resources available to a business. Some of these can be owned (e.g. plant and machinery‚ trademarks‚ retail outlets) whereas other resources can be obtained through
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Administration - MBA Semester 3 Subject Code – MF0013 Subject Name – Internal Audit and Control -4 Credits (Book ID: B1211) Assignment Set- 1 (60 Marks) Q.1 Critically evaluate the qualities of an Auditor in the wake of recent scams Ans:- What should be the qualities of Internal Audit Personnel? There is no universal answer to this question. We can only generalize about the qualities of internal Audit Personnel. It has been observed that internal auditors and independent auditors often
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MIS - MIB DMS - DBM - PGDM - BBM – DBA – PGDM www.mbacasestudyanswers.com www.casestudysolution.in aravind.banakar@gmail.com ARAVIND 09901366442 – 09902787224 AUDITING Q1) H.W.P. Private Ltd. Is having only two members H and W. During the audit of accounts for the year ended 31st March 2000‚ you as a auditor find that : a) H‚ who is incharge of purchases has introduced fictitious purchase bills of Rs 50 lakhs. b) W‚ who is incharge of sales has sold goods worth Rs 1 crore without bringing
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Audit Quality and Audit Firm Size: Revisited by Dan A. Simunic The University of British Columbia December‚ 2003 Background: 1. Audit quality is an important element of corporate governance – although it’s unclear whether audit quality and other aspects of corporate governance (e.g. director knowledge and independence) are fundamentally complements or substitutes. 2. Notion that audit quality varies systematically across classes of audit firms (now Big 4 vs. non-Big 4) has been
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