reputations both of key individuals and organisations are in ruins‚ jobs have been lost‚ and pension funds have been wiped out. The damage‚ both economic and social‚ has been incalculable‚ and the implications are far-reaching for corporate management‚ company directors‚ audit firms and the investing public. An array of factors contributed to these events‚ but one thing is for certain – the billions of dollars in corporate value lost was due in significant part to unscrupulous management and boards of
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Does Auditing Matter? Janice Rhodora P. Carpentero La Salle University and Eljoy Delos Santos La Salle University May 22‚ 2013 Does Auditing Matter? SUMMARY: The scrutiny auditing has received post-Enron provides compelling evidence that auditing does matter‚ to answer the rhetorical question posed by the paper’s title. What is unclear‚ however‚ is whether auditing was sufficiently “broken” in the first place to warrant the radical reforms and changes effected
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conducted‚ and is on every entrepreneur’s wish list. The basic concept for revenue recognition is that revenue should not be recognized until it is realized or realizable and earned. There are also four criteria must be met in order to recognize revenue: 1) persuasive evidence of an arrangement exists: Consider the substance of the transaction and not merely its form. Because the SEC believes that a sale has not taken place if a "sale" is only intended for demonstration purposes‚ or if the seller is obligated
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does the issues and complications associated with the process. The auditing process is a major part of Accounting. The issues about ethics in relation to Accounting process are becoming a more serious problem in today’s world. The Accounting process is highly sensitive‚ because it deals with what many people consider one of the most important thing in life: “money” Accounting incorporates a variety of functions- such as auditing- in which activities must be carried out with utmost care‚ adequacy
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Ethics Auditing: Identify the benefits and limits of ethics auditing. Is there a strategic role that ethics auditing may play in a company? Ethics Auditing By definition‚ an ethics audit is a “systematic evaluation of an organization’s ethics program and/or performance to determine its effectiveness.” (1) This concept of ethics auditing is fairly new and few companies have conducted an ethics audit. However‚ performing such audits will likely become more mainstream as recent legislation encourages
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to Chapter 11 of the textbook‚ Objective Question 11-38. Assume that fraud has been discovered in the “Possible Errors and Fraud” list‚ shown as A through O in the problem. Select two of the fraud items from the list and note them here: Fraud Item #1 Invoices for goods sold are posted to incorrect customer accounts. Fraud Item #2 Invoices are sent for shipped goods and are recorded in the sales journal‚ but are not posted to any customer account. Following the scientific method‚ answer the
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Week 12 - Part A: Answer the below questions from chapter 15: 1. Describe the differences between statistical and non-statistical sampling in terms of (1) the sample selection methods used‚ and (2) quantification of sampling risk. Ans: Nonstatistical sampling differs from statistical sampling in that non-probabilistic sampling can be used for the former but not the latter. In addition‚ sampling risk can be quantified when using statistical sampling but not when using nonstatistical sampling
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is immaterial and the business relationship is insignificant to the firm and the client or it management‚ the threat creates would be so significant that no safeguards could be reduce the threat to an acceptable level. The possible solution will be: 1. The business relationship should be terminated. 2. Reduce the threat to an acceptable level; or‚ 3. Remove the audit member from the audit team. Paul Smith‚ the member of the audit team entered into a business venture with the CFO of JD Ltd. This
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Financial Control Auditing in an Electronic Environment (e-Auditing) Presented to Dr. Marwa Tarek Presented By: Pierre Guirguis 9104428 Rimon Abd El-Meseih 9104386 Mahmoud Mohamed Refaat Auditing in an Electronic Environment (e-Auditing) * What is e-Auditing? Electronic auditing‚ or e-Auditing‚ is computer-assisted auditing that uses electronic records to complete all or part of the audit. If you use a computer to record your business activity and maintain this data electronically
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Koger Properties‚ Inc. 1.) The SEC has a strong case against Goodbread for violating his independence because as it is stated on the AICPA’s website‚ “Independence shall be considered to be impaired if: During the period of the professional engagement a covered member was committed to acquire any direct or material indirect financial interest in the client.” (aicpa.org 101-1). In Goodbread’s case this refers to the fact that he had shares of stock (direct financial interest) in his possession
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