Journal of Finance and Accountancy The Effect of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act on Auditors’ Audit Performance Tae G. Ryu Metropolitan State College of Denver Barbara Uliss Metropolitan State College of Denver Chul-Young Roh East Tennessee State University ABSTRACT The issue of audit reporting for financially distressed firms continues to be of interest to the public and to legislators. Previous studies have consistently shown that auditors fail to issue going-concern opinions to more than
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Enron Corporation (Case 1.1) Most of us work from rags to riches but this is not the case of the Enron Corporation. Instead of becoming the nation’s greatest company, Enron instead laid claim to being the largest corporate bankruptcy in the history. The greediness and egotism wiped out the honesty and integrity that should instill on the persons who were involved in this case. Arthur Edward Andersen built his firm, Arthur Andersen & Company, into one of the largest and most respected accounting
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2. What is an audit and how often can a business be audited by the tax office? An audit is the examination of the financial report of an organization - as presented in the annual report - by someone independent of that organization. The financial report includes a balance sheet, an income statement, a statement of changes in equity, a cash flow statement, and notes comprising a summary of significant accounting policies and other explanatory notes. The purpose of an audit is to form a view on
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Reflexion I: Es ist unglaublich welche Gier, Macht und Selbstübereinschätzung damals bei Enron vorgeherrscht hat. Jahrelang konnte das Unternehmen Bilanzverfälschungen, Betrug und dubiosen Geschäften geheim halten. Doch letztendlich ging Enron bankrott und alle Geheimnisse des Konzerns kamen ans Licht. Regulierungsphase (- 1985) 1926 wurde der Vorgänger von Enron, Houston National Gas, gegründet. Es war ein regionales Pipeline-Unternehmen mit einem guten Ruf. Aufgrund der Wirtschaftskrise in
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目录 《证券分析》中译本序 ................................................................................................................... 2 《证券分析》推荐序 ....................................................................................................................... 3 致读者 ............................................................................................................................................... 4 导言 .............................................................................
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controls • Describe the auditor's responsibility to detect material misstatements due to fraud • Identify red flags present during the audits of CUC International, Inc.'s financial statements, which suggest weaknesses in the company's control environment (CUC was the predecessor company to Cendant Corporation) • Identify red flags present during the audits of CUC's financial statements suggesting a higher likelihood of financial statement fraud • Identify management assertions violated
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Thesis in Marketing STRONG BRANDS How Brand Strategy and Brand Communication Contribute to Build Brand Equity THE CASE OF NAVIGATOR Student: Daniela Yasenova Baeva Supervisor: Professor Doctor Arnaldo Fernandes Matos Coelho May, 2011 Master Thesis in Marketing STRONG BRANDS – How Brand Strategy and Brand Communication Contribute to Build Brand Equity: THE CASE OF NAVIGATOR 1 ABSTRACT In a world of global competition that we are living nowadays, brands are each time more used by
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Introduction Indian Telecom Industry-Overview Indian telecom market is currently the most attractive telecom market with a lot of interest being shown by foreign players. Indian mobile industry is the fastest growing across the world adding 15-20 million new subscribers every month. The Indian telecommunication sector in India is the third largest sector across the globe and the second largest among the emerging economies of Asia. India's teledensity has improved from under 4% in March 2001 to
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Compute key ratios and other financial measures for Crazy Eddie during the period 1984-1987. Identify and briefly explain the red flags in Crazy Eddie’s financial statements that suggested the firm possess a higher-than-normal level of audit risk. 2. Identify specific audit procedures that might have led to the detection of the following accounting irregularities perpetrated by Crazy Eddie personnel: (a) the falsification of inventory count sheets, (b) the bogus debit memos for accounts payable, (c) the
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