CASE 1.10 UNITED STATES SURGICAL CORPORATION Synopsis In less than two decades, Leon Hirsch transformed a small company with four employees and one product into a large and very profitable publicly owned firm that dominated the relatively small, but important, surgical stapling industry. In fact, Hirsch's company, United States Surgical Corporation (USSC), literally created the surgical stapling industry in the 1960s. Like many small companies that experience explosive growth
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Read the Arthur Andersen’s Troubles Ethics Case on pp. 107–113 (Ch. 2) of the text. Answer questions 1, 3, and 4 on p. 113 in 200 to 300 words. When responding to question 3, focus solely on the Enron case. 1. What did Arthur Andersen contribute to the Enron disaster? Arthur Andersen (AA) did not advise the Enron Audit Committee that Enron’s policies and internal control were not adequate to protect the shareholders’ interests even though AA had assumed Enron’s internal audit function (Brooks
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CHAPTER 3 Auditors’ Ethical and Legal Responsibilities SOLUTIONS FOR REVIEW CHECKPOINTS 3.1 This arises from the three party accountability discussed in chapter 1. The auditor is hired because users expect there may be such a conflict. If users completely trusted management there would be no need to have an auditor. This is the only way to detect fraudulent or misleading reporting. The logic is to reduce this potential to an acceptable level of risk. If the auditor assumed this risk was
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presented the act to the president on July 26, 2002, after passage in the Senate by a 99-0 vote and in the House by a 423-3 margin” (The sarbanes-oxley act). A new federal law was passed in reaction to corporate scandals such as the Enron, WorldCom, Tyco cases. The Sarbanes-Oxley Act puts extreme pressure on companies accounting practices and annual reports. Simply put, the act was created to protect investors from corporate corruption, and accounting misconduct. This act also created a new agency called
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The University of Illinois at Chicago College of Business Administration Department of Accounting
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independence and it’s importance and the requirements of other rules under the AICPA. We found that in some cases the rules of conduct is applied accurately and in other situations violation of code of conduct, rules of conduct is existed. Ethics in professional accountancy are of utmost importance. Now as the business and financial world is adopting international accounting and auditing standards, it is becoming all the more necessary to adhere to certain Code of Ethics prescribed by international
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Introduction Arguably, solvency has become more crucial in the audit process over the last decade. When auditing large corporate groups, it was suggested that solvency assessments were ‘mission impossible’ because of the complexity of company structure and financial transaction, the creative accounting, and consolidated financial statement. A deliberation on matters of entities’ going concern is required. Significance of solvency assessments Solvency entails having the capacity to meet ‘debts’
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Running head: Unit 3 Textbook Questions Unit 3 Textbook Questions Wendy Fast AC503: Advanced Auditing Unit 3 Textbook Questions 5-29: (Assertions). In planning the audit of a client’s inventory, an auditor identified the following issues that need audit attention. 1. Inventories are properly stated at the lower of cost or market. Valuation or Allocation. 2. Inventories included in the balance sheet are present in the warehouse on the balance sheet date. Rights and obligations
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Board Bylaws and Rules – Standards – AS3 AUDITING STANDARD No. 3 – Audit Documentation June 9, 2004 AUDITING AND RELATED PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE STANDARDS Auditing Standard No. 3 – Audit Documentation [Effective pursuant to SEC Release No. 34-50253; File No. PCAOB-2004-05, August 25, 2004] 302 As of February 15, 2005 Public Company Accounting Oversight Board Bylaws and Rules – Standards – AS3 Auditing and Related Professional Practice Standards Auditing Standard No. 3, Audit Documentation [supersedes
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CHAPTER 1 AN INTRODUCTION TO ASSURANCE AND FINANCIAL STATEMENT AUDITING Answers to Review Questions 1-1 The study of auditing is more conceptual in nature compared to other accounting courses. Rather than focusing on learning the rules, techniques, and computations required to prepare financial statements, auditing emphasizes learning a framework of analytical and logical skills to evaluate the relevance and reliability of the systems and processes responsible for financial
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