a) INTRODUCTION ACKNOWLEDGEMENT Praise to Allah for six (6) months I undergo my internship that begins on early February this year till end of July, I finally successfully completed my Industrial training report. For the remaining days that I have to continue my training in order to complete my course, I pray to Allah hoping my journey is in His bliss. I also would like to extend my thankfulness to the most precious persons in my life, my father and mother for all their moral support
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Intro to HealthSouth Fraud Case Review In 2003, HealthSouth was accused of one the largest accounting fraud cases in healthcare history and those involved are still being tried today, nine years later. HealthSouth was founded in Birmingham, Alabama in the year 1984 by a respiratory therapist name Richard Scrushy. By the year 1999, HealthSouth had grown to house 230 surgical centers, 120 inpatient hospitals, 5 medical centers, 129 diagnostic centers and 1379 outpatient rehab centers and was worth
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overstating their earnings in the last few years in excess of $1 billion dollars (Doost, 2001). At the same time, Arthur Andersen, one of the most reputable auditing firms, was responsible for auditing Enron’s financial statements. The Security Exchange Commission (SEC) ordered Arthur Andersen to provide all relevant Enron documentation and auditing files. Going against Arthur Andersen’s impeccable reputation of honesty, David B. Duncan, the Arthur Andersen partner in charge of the Enron account, had
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ZZZZ Best company Inc. Summary “ZZZZ Best company” was founded by 16-year old Barry Minkow. The core activity of company was carpet cleaning. As he began doing business, Minkow soon realized that carpet cleaning was a difficult way to earn money because customers always complained and vendors demanded payments. Soon Minkow started seeking for financing but realized that bank were not willing to lend him money due to his age and low profitability of his business. That’s why he came up with the
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Abigail Rockwell Due Date: February 15, 2014 Jamaica Water Properties Case Study During a time in our recent history when greed and self promotion was the benchmark that most financial and managerial directors of companies, both public and private, seemed to strive for, David Sokol stands out above the crowd. Instead of looking to further his own self-image, career, or standing, instead of taking what most people would view as the easy road, Mr. Sokol did the right thing. He chose ethics,
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department to conduct a Title IX audit. This audit is to ensure the Broadwater Academy is in compliance with all Title IX criteria for athletics. SCOPE AND METHODOLGY To help understand why this audit is being conducted, it is necessary to have some history: “The original legislation, Title IX of the Educational Amendments of 1972, 20 U.S.C 1681 et seq., is a Federal statute that was signed into law by President Richard Nixon on June 23, 1972.” (NIAAA, 2011) “Title IX regulations provide that: No person
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Michael C. Knapp Cases in Auditing , 2003 Ethics case enron corporation John and Mary Andersen immigrated to the United States from their native Nor-way in 1881. The young couple made their way to the small farming community of Piano, Illinois, some 40 miles southwest of downtown Chicago. Over the pre-vious few decades, hundreds of Norwegian families had settled in Piano and sur-rounding communities. In fact, the aptly named Norway, Illinois, was located just a few miles away
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Interchange) and EDSS (Executive Decision Support System) which is only available at the San Jose location. The components each system has is: General Ledger Accounts Payable Accounts Receivable Order Entry Procurement Sales and Purchasing History Payroll Financial Reporting Bar Code Reading As each location was acquired the F&A system’s compatibility was not addressed. This has made it difficult to maintain all the F&A’s data. San Jose uses a fully integrated Windows based ERP (Enterprise
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surance Standards B Auditing and Assurance Standards Council Philippine Standard on Auditing 570 (Redrafted) GOING CONCERN PSA 570 (Redrafted) PHILIPPINE STANDARD ON AUDITING 570 (REDRAFTED) GOING CONCERN (Effective for audits of financial statements for periods beginning on or after December 15, 2009) * CONTENTS Paragraph Introduction Scope of this PSA................................................................................................ Effective Date............................
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CHAPTER 4 Engagement Planning LEARNING OBJECTIVES | Review Checkpoints | Exercises, Problems and Simulations | 1. List and describe the activities auditors undertake before beginning an engagement. | 1, 2, 3, 4 | 53, 54, 55, 62, 66 | 2. Identify the procedures and sources of information auditors can use to obtain knowledge of a client’s business and industry. | 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 | 52, 56, 59, 65 | 3. Perform analytical procedures to
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