http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/libphilprac/517 THE ROLE OF AUDITORS IN FRAUD DETECTION, PREVENTION AND REPORTING IN NIGERIA OYINLOLA OLUWAGBEMIGA oluwagbemiga@in.com Tai Solarin University of Education, Ijagun , Ijebu-ode Ogun State. Abstract This study investigates the role of auditors in the detection, prevention and reporting of fraud. Data were obtained from 184 respondents in Nigeria. The findings revealed that the respondents are very concerned about the problem of fraud. In addition, the
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to fulfil their nd achieve their goals. To help gain control over the behavior of people in formal organizations, most enterprises use a combination of techniques including budgets, rules, standard operating procedures, job descriptions, budgets, accounting measurements, and performance appraisal systems. Taken together, these techniques are part of an invisible yet very real system: 'the organizational control system'. Control plays a major part in the management of an enterprise, but unlike machines
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of short-termism. The first reason which causes the issue here is the frequency of financial reporting. More frequent financial reporting is considered as a solution for a more accountable and transparent accounting system. However, this solution leads to another problem for managerial accounting because it pressures companies’ executives to focus more on short-term results, which promotes short-termism (Gigler, Kanodia, Sapra and Venugopalan, 2014). Investors and shareholders are the other reason
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C H A P T E R Operations and Productivity 1 DISCUSSION QUESTIONS 1. The text suggests four reasons to study OM. We want to understand (1) how people organize themselves for productive enterprise, (2) how goods and services are produced, (3) what operations managers do, and (4) this costly part of our economy and most enterprises. 2. Possible responses include: Adam Smith (work specialization/ division of labor), Charles Babbage (work specialization/ division of labor), Frederick W. Taylor
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November 2011 Activity-Based Costing System in the Service Sector: A Strategic Approach for Enhancing Managerial Decision Making and Competitiveness Ashford C. Chea School of Business, Kentucky Wesleyan College 4721 Covert Avenue, Evansville, IN 47714, USA Tel: 1-812-471-9341 E-mail: achea@ix.netcom.com Received: June 21, 2011 doi:10.5539/ijbm.v6n11p3 Accepted: July 4, 2011 Published: November 1, 2011 URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5539/ijbm.v6n11p3 Abstract The author begins the article by outlining
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Chapter 1 ------------------------------------------------- Managerial Accounting: An Overview Solutions to Questions 1-1 Financial accounting is concerned with reporting financial information to external parties, such as stockholders, creditors, and regulators. Managerial accounting is concerned with providing information to managers for use within the organization. Financial accounting emphasizes the financial consequences of past transactions, objectivity and verifiability, precision, and
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Journal of Accounting and Economics 50 (2010) 344–401 Contents lists available at ScienceDirect Journal of Accounting and Economics journal homepage: www.elsevier.com/locate/jae Understanding earnings quality: A review of the proxies, their determinants and their consequences$ Patricia Dechow a, Weili Ge b, Catherine Schrand c,n a b c University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, United States University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, United States University of Pennsylvania
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Management December, 2009 Auditor Independence: Malaysian Accountants’ Perceptions Nur Barizah Abu Bakar (Corresponding author) Department of Accounting, Faculty of Economics and Management Sciences International Islamic University Malaysia PO Box, 10, 50728, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Tel: 60-19-288-4540 E-mail: nur.barizah@gmail.com Maslina Ahmad Department of Accounting, Faculty of Economics and Management Sciences International Islamic University Malaysia PO Box, 10, 50728, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia E-mail:
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Post-Graduate course offered as: I. II. Two-year i.e., four semester Full time Day programme Three year, i.e., six semester Part-time programme offered to Working Executives and employees. 1. ELIGIBILITY CONDITIONS 1.1 M.B.A. (Day) Candidate seeking admission into Full Time M.B.A. (Day) programme must be: 1. Bachelor degree holder of Osmania University or a degree recognized by the university as equivalent thereto and /(or) as per the rules laid down by the University; 2. The candidate seeking admission
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The Balanced Scorecard: Judgmental Effects of Common and Unique Performance Measures Author(s): Marlys Gascho Lipe and Steven E. Salterio Source: The Accounting Review, Vol. 75, No. 3 (Jul., 2000), pp. 283-298 Published by: American Accounting Association Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/248614 . Accessed: 11/03/2014 05:15 Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of the Terms & Conditions of Use, available at . http://www.jstor.org/page/info/about/policies/terms.jsp . JSTOR
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