Marianne Ojo. (2009)‚ Oxford Brookes University. The overall purpose of this article is to be highlighted is why the external auditor is such an important tool in corporate governance. Corporate governance is the system of rules‚ practices and processes by which a company is directed and controlled. It is basically needed to balance the interest of the stakeholders in a company. Meanwhile‚ the external auditor is needed to make sure that the company follow the GAAP‚ checking the accounting record
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Auditing procedures: Five assertions: 1. Occurrence: Define: transactions and events that have been recorded have occurred and pertain to the entity. Explain: sales and purchases shown in the income statement belong to the company and are real‚ that is they actually took place. 2. Completeness: Define: all transactions and events that should have been recorded have been recorded. Explain: all the individual transactions making up the balances in the income statement are recorded; no sales
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execution of the strategy at various stages First you have to decide how you are going to tackle the audit. That’s the big picture. It could be that you decide there are no good internal controls. Your strategy would then be to not do any TOCs and concentrate on substantive procedures. Having decided that then you have to plan how you will use substantive procedures to get sufficient appropriate audit evidence. If your strategy is not to do any tests of control‚ then the detailed plan will take that
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Holland America Line has been one of the leading cruise lines in terms of sustainability and fuel efficiency for years. In this particular case‚ HAL backed off pursuing other sustainability practices in order to pursue wind turbine usage on their cruise ships. The company had set several goals in regards to sustainability and conservation of resources. Some of these objectives included using 7% less water between 2007 and 2009‚ as well as reducing fuel use by 20% between 2005 and 2015. Both of these
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What is an Environmental Audit Environmental auditing is a systematic‚ documented‚ periodic and objective process in assessing an organization ’s activities and services in relation to: • Assessing compliance with relevant statutory and internal requirements • Facilitating management control of environmental practices • Promoting good environmental management • Maintaining credibility with the public • Raising staff awareness and enforcing commitment to departmental environmental
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auditing must maximize the assurance provided to the board‚ the audit committee and the management‚ and contribute to the continuous improvement strategies for the organization. So‚ how to maintain good internal auditing function within the organization? Outsourcing of internal audit function is one of the solutions. So‚ what is internal auditing? What is outsourcing of internal audit function? How could outsourcing of internal audit function help the role of internal auditing? All these questions
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AUDIT PLANNING AND CONTROL 1.0 LEARNING OBJECTIVES After studying this chapter‚ readers should be able to understand: ! The general concept of audit strategy. ! The Importance of audit strategy as an effective plan for an audit. ! Internal control systems‚ evaluation and assessment. ! Audit documentation. ! Relationship with experts. ! Audit risks and its relative importance to audit. ! Components of audit risks. ! How to assess audit risks. 1.1 INTRODUCTION Auditing has developed over many years
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ON THE IMPORTANCE OF HR AUDIT TO INCREASE THE PRODUCTIVITY OF AN ORGANIZATION’S FUNCTIONS INTRODUCTION OF THE STUDY: The concept of HR audit has emerged from the practice of yearly finance and accounting audit‚ which is mandatory for every company‚ to be done by external statutory auditors. This audit serves as an examination on a sample basis of practices and systems for identifying problems and ensuring that sound accounting principles are followed. Similarly‚ an HR audit serves as a means 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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average d. median average 3. easy d Auditors are responsible for determining whether financial statements are materially misstated‚ so upon discovering a material misstatement they must bring it to the attention of: a. regulators. b. the audit firm’s managing partner. c. no one in particular. d. the client’s management. 4. easy c The FASB definition of materiality emphasizes what class of financial statement users? a. Regulators. b. Informed investors. c. Reasonable persons
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