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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A BUSINESS RISK APPROACH Auditing 6e Larry E. Rittenberg University of Wisconsin–Madison Bradley J. Schwieger St. Cloud State University Karla M. Johnstone University of Wisconsin–Madison Australia • Brazil • Canada • Mexico • Singapore • Spain • United Kingdom • United States Auditing: A Business Risk Approach‚ 6e Larry E. Rittenberg‚ Bradley J. Schwieger‚ Karla M. Johnstone VP/Editorial Director: Jack W. Calhoun Publisher: Rob Dewey Acquisitions Editor: Matthew Filimonov
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The Effects of Technology on the Accounting Profession Alonzo White ACC/340 August 14‚ 2011 Jennifer Coleman Question: Describe how information systems are changing the various aspects of the accounting profession. Include a description of a variety of new technologies and their effects on accounting processes. In addition‚ discuss how these technologies have changed the way accounting is performed at your organization or an organization of your choosing. Answer: New technology in
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PART FORM ANU AUSTRALIAN UNIVERSITY : Enron‚ Parmalat‚ WorldCom‚ HIH – these corporate failures and accounting scandals have shaken the foundations of investor confidence in the transparency‚ integrity and accountability of corporations and capital markets. There has also been public disquiet about the role professional auditors and audit firms have played in these corporate scandals. The consequences for many of the players in the market for financial information have been enormous; reputations
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The demand for assurance services is expected to grow as the demand for forward looking information increases as more real time information becomes available through the internet. Attestation Services- A type of assurance service in which the public accounting firm issues written communication that expresses a conclusion about the reliability of a written assertion of another person. There are three categories of attestation services; audit of historical financial statements‚ review of historical
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Theresa Golding BA 418 – Auditing Dr. Charles Pineno April 25‚ 2010 PART 1: “Small Firms May Face Audit Music” (published in The Wall Street Journal on April 19‚ 2007) addresses the ending of the delay in applying portions of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 to smaller companies. At the time of the article‚ some 6‚000 smaller public companies had yet to be required to “make an annual assessment of their internal financial-reporting controls with further review by the company’s outside auditor of
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distinguishes fraud from errors. 2-26 Three common ways that fraudulent financial reporting can be perpetrated include: Manipulation‚ falsification or alteration of accounting records or supporting documents Misrepresentation or omission of events‚ transactions‚ or other significant information Intentional misapplication of accounting principles 2-27 The reporter’s statement makes sense. Asset misappropriations are much easier to accomplish in small organizations that don’t have sophisticated
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Auditing‚ Attestation‚ and Assurance Services Paper Jane Johnson Contemporary Auditing I ACC/491 Auditing‚ Attestation‚ and Assurance Services Paper Introduction Auditing is a subset of attestation‚ which is a subset of assurance. These services‚ which are governed by several organizations‚ are unique in their own way. Because of the constantly changing role of the auditor‚ particularly since the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002‚ different types of services have become necessary. In this
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DEPARTMENT OF ACCOUNTING AND FINANCE COURSE CODE: AC211 COURSE TITLE: AUDITING THEORY AND PRACTICE ASSIGNMENT FIRST SEMESTER 2014 QUESTION 1 Brian Ltd was formed on November 2013 in order to manufacture microchips. The directors are unsure of their responsibilities and the nature of their relationship with the external auditors. The audit partner has ask you to visit the client and explain to the directors the more fundamental aspects of the accountability of the company and their relationship
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MFRS 4 insurance contracts MFRS 111 -1 insurance Industry MFRS 4 insurance contracts 1. Introduction 2 main parties in the insurance business: 1- the insured and 2) the insurer. The insured is the individual or organization‚ which had agreed to contribute an amount of money and been relieved from the risks The insurer is usually an organization‚ which manages the money and undertakes the risks. MFRS 111 -3 Introduction • The insurance business can be broadly categorized
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