and General Principles Governing an Audit of Financial Statements 2 SSA 300: Planning an Audit of Financial Statements 3 SSA 500: Audit Evidence 4 SSA 520: Analytical Procedures 5 SSA 580: Management Representations 6 SSA 315: Understanding the Entity and its Environment and Assessing the Risks of Material Misstatement (PART 1) 6 SSA 315: Understanding the Entity and its Environment and Assessing the Risks of Material Misstatement (PART 2) 8 SSA 320: Audit Materiality 8 SSA 330: The Auditor’s
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Corporate governance: Ireland must learn the lessons of recent corporate governance failures in Ireland and Irish-listed companies must meet evolving international market expectations if they are to attract international investment, the Chief Executive of the Irish Stock Exchange, Deirdre Somers has said. Somers (pictured) made her comments at a special conference on corporate governance hosted by the Irish Stock Exchange in Dublin today. “Companies must consider whether their historical practices
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auditing. Requirement to have Internal Audit Activity In January 2004, the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) had approved new rules proposed by the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) and NASDAQ Stock Market Inc. (NASDAQ) designed to improve their listed companies' governance standards. The New York Stock Exchange rules include a requirement, recommended by the IIA, that New York Stock Exchange - listed companies are required to have an internal audit
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improved corporate governance on the number of recent financial scandals that have occurred in both the United States and abroad in the past decade. For many organizations, the way to rebuild shareholder confidence was to implement a fundamental framework of procedures that would ensure scandals like Enron, WorldCom and Tyco would not occur in the future. It is precisely these scandals that made corporate governance the focus of organizations worldwide. Corporate governance is defined as the principles
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Arthur Andersen: Questionable Accounting Practices Steven Young Strayer University Business Ethics: Ethical Decision Making and Cases Dr. Mary Tranquillo November 13, 2012 Arthur Andersen: Questionable Accounting Practices p1 Arthur Andersen, one of the largest accounting firms in the United States, “a name that was synonymous with trust, integrity, and ethics” (Ferrell, Fraedrich, & Ferrell, 2011, p. 348), through a loss of
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Internal Control Over Financial Reporting The Center for Audit Quality prepared this Guide to provide an overview for the general public of internal control over financial reporting (“ICFR”). The Guide explains what public company ICFR is and describes management’s responsibility for implementing effective ICFR. The Guide also discusses the responsibilities of the audit committee to oversee ICFR and of the independent auditor to audit the effectiveness of the company’s ICFR. A Guide to
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company. Kelley along with his supervisor Bill McAleer first discovered the issues while auditing GM cars at rail yards across the country, a spot check of vehicles before the cars were cleared to be delivered to the dealers. McAleer was taken off the audit as a result, who subsequently sued the company seeking whistle-blower protection. The case was eventually dismissed by a judge in favor of GM. The judgement only increased Kelley’s concerns and he continued the efforts McAleer had started. He first
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Lecture 1 Chapter 1- Demand for audit and assurance services. Assurance services * Independent professional services that improve the quality of information for decision makers. 1. Attestation services * A type of assurance services in which the public accounting firm issues a written communication that express a conclusion about the liability of a written assertion of another party. * Three categories of Attestation services: a. Audit historical financial statements A
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should I live by? In the accounting field, the ethical standards are influenced by the practices of those the people working in this field like state laws, the board of accountancy’s rules and guidelines. Personal ethics are different for each person. A single decision can be a positive or negative effect on the people around the individual who is making the decision. Most people want to be good or trusted. The decisions
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the non-executive director. (Head of Group Internal Audit; Head of Risk Policy, Governance and Reporting) The organization regularly review and update the whistleblowing policy. Once it is updated, it is communicated to all the employees about the recent changes. (Head of HR Business Partnering) The non-executive director is responsible for the whistleblowing process and it provides the independence in the oversight. (Head of Group Internal Audit; Head of Risk Policy, Governance and
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