BA (HONS) ACCOUNTING & FINANCE BA (HONS) PROFESSIONAL ACCOUNTING PROFESSIONAL ACCOUNTANCY COURSE YEAR 3 AUDIT & ASSURANCE 1 INDIVIDUAL ASSIGNMENT BRIEF HAND OUT DATE: 5th October 2011 HAND IN DATE: INSTRUCTIONS FOR COURSEWORK You are required to research and prepare a report based on one of the following topics. Please seek the assistance of the module leader Ivor Pingue and your seminar tutors for help and guidance with your coursework. Do not leave the research too late
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Corporate Fraud: Case Studies in Detection and Prevention Fraudulent financial reporting‚ corruption‚ and misappropriation are often investigated by the internal audit department. Because these types of crimes can be the source of large losses‚ security professionals would do well to familiarize themselves with how they are carried out and how they can be detected. Corporate Fraud provides a clear window into that world. Author John D. O’Gara was the director of internal audit at a Fortune 500
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PRACTICE CASE A Computerized Audit Practice Case Description of the Practice Case This case has two learning objectives. First‚ it provides the student an opportunity to apply auditing concepts to a “real-life” audit client. The client‚ Biltrite Bicycles‚ Inc.‚ operates within a unique business climate and internal control environment‚ and the student must assess inherent risk and control risk accordingly. The case contains modules involving sampling applications‚ risk assessment‚ audit documentation
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What specific audit procedures might have uncovered the Parmalat fraud earlier? Parmalat went from recording annual sales of 7.6 billion euros in 2002 to being declared insolvent a year later. The collusion at Europe’s Enron made it possible for Parmalat to defraud its investors of billions. The auditing procedures used by Grant Thornton and Deloitte were inadequate. Many of Parmalat’s assets were overstated and its liabilities understated. The auditors did not adequately test the Special Purpose
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Civic Engagement and Political Awareness in the Youth of America Change is inevitable and the popular one hit wonder‚ Video Killed the Radio Star‚ echoes a nostalgic desire to appreciate the past. The simple‚ yet meaningful verse‚ “we can’t rewind we’ve gone too far‚” drives home the notion that the past is in the past‚ and one can only move forward. The song directly relates to technological changes in music at that time period. The lyrics give the impression radio will be replaced by visually
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Audit & Investigation AQ002-3.5-2-AINV-T 15-Jun-12 WASEED AHMED LECTURER: MR. MEGAT ABDULLAH MEGAT MAHMUD Table of Contents Different roles of internal and external auditors. 4 Internal auditors: 4 External auditors: 4 Identify the benefits in forming an audit committee. 6 Evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of MPL’s control environment: 7 Control Environment: 7 a. Integrity and Ethical Values:
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Employee Engagement (5EEG) Engagement: The Institute for Employment Studies (IES) definition: ‘A positive attitude held by the employee towards the organisation and its values. An engaged employee is aware of business context‚ and works with colleagues to improve performance within the job for the benefit of the organisation. The organisation must work to develop and nurture engagement‚ which requires a two-way relationship between the employer and employee.’ 1. This report is to the
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Audit Office Size‚ Audit Quality and Audit Pricing By Jong-Hag Choi‚ Chansog (Francis) Kim‚ Jeong-Bon Kim‚ and Yoonseok Zang Forthcoming at Auditing: A Journal of Practice and Theory ________________ *Jong-Hag Choi is an Associate Professor at Seoul National University (acchoi@snu.ac.kr). Chansog Kim is an Associate Professor at City University of Hong Kong (acckim@cityu.edu.hk). Jeong-Bon Kim is a Chair Professor at City University of Hong Kong (achead@cityu.edu.hk). Yoonseok Zang is an
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Client Acceptance 1 C a s es inc lu de d in t his Se ction 1.1 Ocean Manufacturing‚ Inc. The New Client Acceptance Decision Instructor Resource Manual — Do Not Copy or Redistribute . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Instructor Resource Manual — Do Not Copy or Redistribute Ocean Manufacturing‚ Inc. C a s e 1.1 The New Client Acceptance Decision Mark S. Beasley · Frank A. Buckless · Steven M. Glover · Douglas F. Prawitt
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employee engagement and business results; a meta-analysis conducted by Harter et al (2002:272) confirms this connection. They concluded that‚ “…employee satisfaction and engagement are related to meaningful business outcomes at a magnitude that is important to many organisations”. However‚ engagement is an individual-level construct and if it does lead to business results‚ it must first impact individual-level outcomes. Therefore‚ there is reason to 7 expect employee engagement is related
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