Can you say what your strategy is? - David J. Collis and Michael G. Rukstad The authors emphasize on the importance of having a short (35 words max) company strategy‚ and communicating it to the employees. This is important to direct the companies operations in a coherent manner. The company and its employees need to know where the road is going. A strategy is not about your values of your mission‚ but simply about what your competitive game will be: what are you doing differently to your competitors
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Professionalism‚ Ethical Codes and the Internal Auditor: A Moral Argument Mary Ann Reynolds ABSTRACT. This paper examines the case of the internal auditor from a sociological and ethical perspective. Is it appropriate to extend the designation of professional to internal auditors? The discussion includes criteria from the sociology literature on professionalism. Further‚ professional ethical codes are compared. Internal auditors’ code of ethics is found to have a strong moral approach‚ contrasting
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of people in the increasing busy pace of work‚ such fast-food chains as KFC‚ BBQ or McDonald were introduced and have deeply ingrained among those who work more and more while spending less and less time on cooking. Nevertheless‚ fast-food chains should not be supported due to several reasons. For one thing‚ fast-food is apparently not good for people’s health. Such fast-food products as fried chicken‚ fried potatoes are made with a great deal of industrial cooking-oil‚ which contains much cholesterol
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Who are the firm’s auditors? Do they provide a clean opinion on the financial statements? On page 53 of the Green Mountain Coffee Roasters‚ Inc 10-K Annual Report‚ they state that PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP‚ an independent registered public accounting firm‚ has audited the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting. They provide a clean opinion on the financial statements. On page F-2‚ the auditor had written a note stating‚ “In our opinion‚ the accompanying consolidated
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NATURE‚ PURPOSE AND SCOPE OF AUDIT AND REVIEW NATURE‚ PURPOSE AND SCOPE OF AUDIT AND REVIEW 1 “AUDITING” In independent examination 2 NATURE AND DEVELOPMENT The word “audit” comes form the Latin word audire which means “to hear” because‚ in the middle Ages‚ accounts or revenue and expenditure were “heard” by the auditor. Statutory audits (i.e. carried out in accordance with statutory provisions) become mandatory for companies in 1900. At this time the purpose of an audit was to detect fraud‚ technical
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Profession Key Services for Public Accounting Firms Audits High Assurance (95% - 99%) Reviews Moderate Assurance (60% - 70%) Compilation Low to No Assurance (0% - 10%) Assurance Engagements (Triangle diagram based on the subject matter at hand) Practitioner (Auditor) Users Accountable Party (Management) Practitioners give the Users a written conclusion Accountable party must have an accountability relationship with the Users Auditors in an engagement must be independent because they
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auditing Overview The first module in this course sets the stage for your study of internal auditing (also known as “management auditing”). You consider the definition‚ development‚ and scope of internal auditing. You also consider the business environment and identify and analyze its accompanying risks. The various types of internal audits and the relationship between internal auditing and performance measurement are explained. Finally‚ you study the role of professional ethical standards in internal auditing
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Standards Competence – adequate technical training and proficiency. Competence is knowing what to do. 1. Recognize the assertion being made by management in each element (account) of a financial statement. 2. Decide which evidence is relevant for supporting or refusing the assertion 3. Select and perform procedures of obtaining the evidence 4. Evaluate the evidence and decide whether management assertions correspond to reality and GAAP - Objectivity – an objective
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Management Theory You And Your Career Question 1: Motivation: Chapter 17‚ page Is Maslow’s hierarchy of needs useful to managers? Why? Response: Maslow’s Hierarchy of needs describes the building blocks where an individual can reach their highest and full potential to have an impact on themselves and the world around them. There are 4 key stages to achieve self-actualization that are incumbent upon one another. To answer the question‚ first we have to understand what are those 4 key stages
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1. Auditor Liability in Canada A & B Is it reasonable for a potential investor or existing shareholder to rely on audited financial statements that a corporation makes available for public consumption? Should an investor be able to sue a corporation’s auditor if audited financial statements materially misrepresent the financial status of the company audited? a. Should a potential investor only be able to sue the corporation? b. Should there be any limit on the auditor’s liability?
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