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Auditor Independence Corporate Governance And Aggressive Financial Reporting
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Book Synopsis Auditor Independence, Corporate Governance and Aggressive Financial Reporting by : Ahmed M. Abdel-Meguid
Download or read book Auditor Independence, Corporate Governance and Aggressive Financial Reporting written by Ahmed M. Abdel-Meguid and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This paper seeks to provide empirical evidence on the efficacy of three important governance mechanisms (auditors, directors, and institutional shareholders) in constraining aggressive financial reporting, proxied by abnormal accruals. It also examines the effects of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX) on their efficacy. Using a sample of US firms audited by the Big 5 (4) auditors between 2000 and 2004, we document a positive relation between abnormal accruals (our proxy for financial reporting aggressiveness) and auditors' economic dependence on their clients. Furthermore, we find that this relation is driven by firms with weak non-auditor governance mechanisms before and after the enactment of SOX. The results suggest that aggressive financial reporting occurs only when multiple governance mechanisms 'fail'. More specifically, such type of reporting requires that a highly dependent auditor operates in a 'poor' governance setting. Thus, the paper underscores the importance of strong governance in constraining aggressive financial reporting. Moreover, our results suggest that governance regulation (such as SOX) is not a substitute for strong governance mechanisms and thus caution against the over reliance on SOX-type legislation in other parts of the world.
Book Synopsis Auditor Independence by : Ismail Adelopo
Download or read book Auditor Independence written by Ismail Adelopo and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-04-08 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Auditor Independence, Ismail Adelopo argues that the importance of auditors' independence cannot be over-emphasised. Not only do auditors provide certification of the truth and fairness of the information prepared by managers, they also have a duty to express opinions on the degree of compliance with laws and regulations guiding a firm's operations. Theirs is a socially important responsibility. In all that has been proposed to mitigate the governance crisis and restore confidence in the market system, relatively little attention has been paid to auditor independence. Examining the historical role of auditing in corporate governance and the regulatory context, this book sets the function within a theoretical framework and then provides empirical analysis of the problem issues such as the relationship between audit committees and external auditors and the probity of providing non-auditing services to audit clients. The focus on matters that are damaging to market confidence and threatening to the reputation of the auditing profession, means the conclusions and recommendations in this book are important for key stakeholders, including policy makers, regulators, those running companies, and their investors and customers. This is also a book for those responsible for training in the auditing profession and for others with a research or academic interest in the matters addressed.
Book Synopsis Practical Guide to Corporate Governance and Accounting by : David E. Hardesty
Download or read book Practical Guide to Corporate Governance and Accounting written by David E. Hardesty and published by Warren Gorham & Lamont. This book was released on 2004 with total page 744 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Counseling the Corporate Board & Audit Committee in an Era of Change by : James R. Doty
Download or read book Counseling the Corporate Board & Audit Committee in an Era of Change written by James R. Doty and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 728 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis United States and European Union Auditor Independence Regulation by : Christiane Strohm
Download or read book United States and European Union Auditor Independence Regulation written by Christiane Strohm and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2007-12-11 with total page 247 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Christiane Strohm investigates the effects of the Sarbanes-Oxley-Act and the revised 8th EU-Directive on auditing. She shows that there is a difference in the communication and safeguarding effects of a regulation, depending on the precision of its wording and that safeguarding effects also depend on auditors' monetary incentives and on perceived costs of litigation.
Book Synopsis Auditing, Trust and Governance by : Reiner Quick
Download or read book Auditing, Trust and Governance written by Reiner Quick and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2007-10-17 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this important new book, the European Auditing Research Network gives a timely appraisal of the regulatory environment for financial accounting and auditing in the wake of a series of high profile scandals involving major corporations.
Book Synopsis Corporate Governance and Accounting Under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 by : David E. Hardesty
Download or read book Corporate Governance and Accounting Under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 written by David E. Hardesty and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 676 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Protecting the public interest selected governance, regulatory oversight, auditing, accounting, and financial reporting issues by :
Download or read book Protecting the public interest selected governance, regulatory oversight, auditing, accounting, and financial reporting issues written by and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 2002 with total page 38 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Audit Committee: Performing Corporate Governance by : Laura F. Spira
Download or read book The Audit Committee: Performing Corporate Governance written by Laura F. Spira and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2007-05-08 with total page 191 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why do we need to understand audit committees? The Cadbury Committee recommended that UK companies should adopt them in response to financial scandals that have stemmed from dubious financial reporting practices. In other countries, similar commissions have made similar recommendations and audit committees are now a common institution. However, many practitioners doubt whether an audit committee really does much to ensure the integrity of a firm's financial statements because, as outsiders, members don't know enough to dig deeply beneath the numbers. The Audit Committee: Performing Corporate Governance argues that such criticism overlooks the ceremonial function of these committees. The audit committee is an arena where members can form and strengthen shifting and fragmentary networks with each other and with the external auditors. Within these networks, both consensus and independence are demonstrated, generating comfort, which legitimises the company and maintains its access to external sources of capital. The audit committee is a key part of the corporate governance structure within an organisation. Many in the UK have been patched together to meet regulatory requirements and their operation is poorly understood because few people other than their members have access to their deliberations. In this account of the world of audit committees the practitioner will find the ethnographical perspectives on ceremonial performance, consensus, independence, and comfort both familiar and different. It's like looking at a photograph of something commonplace from an unusual angle or through a strange-shaped lens.
Book Synopsis Behind Closed Doors: What Company Audit is Really About by : V. Beattie
Download or read book Behind Closed Doors: What Company Audit is Really About written by V. Beattie and published by Springer. This book was released on 2001-03-13 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book takes us 'behind closed doors' to uncover the nature of the relationship between the audit engagement partner and the company finance director in major listed companies. Based on matched interviews with finance directors and audited engagement partners of six listed companies, the book uncovers both sides' perceptions of how contentious and non-contentious issues are resolved. New insights are provided about the workings of the audit process itself, how negotiation is conducted and the personal relationships and balance of power between the auditors and the board of directors.
Book Synopsis Evidence on the Relation Between Corporate Governance Characteristics and the Quality of Financial Reporting by : Arthur Levitt
Download or read book Evidence on the Relation Between Corporate Governance Characteristics and the Quality of Financial Reporting written by Arthur Levitt and published by . This book was released on with total page 38 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Sarbanes-Oxley Institute written by and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 796 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Oversight of the Audit Profession by : Ecaterina Volosin
Download or read book The Oversight of the Audit Profession written by Ecaterina Volosin and published by GRIN Verlag. This book was released on 2008-10 with total page 41 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Seminar paper from the year 2007 in the subject Business economics - Miscellaneous, grade: 1,0, University of Glamorgan (Business School), course: International Accounting & Audit, 23 entries in the bibliography, language: English, abstract: This paper provides an overview of the current regulatory frameworks for financial reporting and auditing in the UK, US and Germany. During the last years these frameworks were noticeably changed. These changes arose especially from political interest in accounting regulation following the Enron collapse. The main change in the US was the introduction of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act containing strict regulations for auditors, including their responsibilities and services. It also contains a list of prohibited audit activities, the so-called "non-audit" services. The main feature of the Act was the creation of an oversight board to regulate and control auditors of public companies. Thus the "Public Company Accounting Oversight Board" was established. The PCAOB is a private-sector non-profit overseer, supervised by the US Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) which regulates basically anything related to the securities market. Following the collapse of Enron and the turbulence in the UK markets that followed, a review of financial regulation in the UK was ordered, covering for example auditor independence, corporate governance, financial reporting and auditing standards and accountability of audit firms. In order to restore credibility in UK accounting the Financial Reporting Council (FRC), an independent private sector body funded by the accountancy profession, was set up. The FRC has several subsidiary bodies, including the Professional Oversight Board (POB) providing independent oversight of the regulation of the auditing profession. The German Auditor Oversight Commission (AOC) was established according to the Auditor Oversight Law. It is in charge of the public oversight of all activities of the German Chamber of Public Accounta
Book Synopsis Sarbanes-Oxley Corporate Governance and Internal Control (section 404) by :
Download or read book Sarbanes-Oxley Corporate Governance and Internal Control (section 404) written by and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 438 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Disruption in the Audit Market by : Krish Bhaskar
Download or read book Disruption in the Audit Market written by Krish Bhaskar and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-04-16 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Focussing on the dominance of the Big Four auditing firms – PwC, EY, Deloitte and KPMG – this concise volume provides an authoritative critical assessment of the state and future of the audit market, currently the subject of much debate and the focus of significant government enquiries. Drawing on extensive research and a vast collection of evidence from interviews with insiders, experts and users, it explores the key issues of audit quality, independence, choice and the growing expectation gap. Just as disruptive technologies are overturning other established sectors, this book explores their impact on accounting, financial reporting and auditing. It questions whether the Big Four-dominated audit market is prepared not only for the inevitable disruption of new technologies, but also the challenges of negative public perceptions, cynicism about regulation and demands for greater transparency. In the context of increasing high-profile corporate failures, this book provides a compelling scrutiny of the industry’s failings and present difficulties, and the impact of future disruption. At this crucial time, it will be of great interest to students, researchers and professionals in accounting and auditing, as well as policy makers and regulators.
Book Synopsis The Effects of Corporate Governance Experience and Financial Reporting and Audit Knowledge on Audit Committee Members' Judgments by : Todd DeZoort
Download or read book The Effects of Corporate Governance Experience and Financial Reporting and Audit Knowledge on Audit Committee Members' Judgments written by Todd DeZoort and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Interest in audit committees as part of overall corporate governance has increased dramatically in recent years, with a specific emphasis on member independence, experience, and knowledge. This paper reports the results of a study investigating whether audit committee members' corporate governance experience and financial reporting and audit knowledge affect their judgments in auditor-corporate management conflict situations. A sample of 68 audit committee members completed an accounting policy dispute case and several knowledge and ability tests. The results indicate that, as expected, greater independent director experience and greater audit knowledge was associated with higher audit committee member support for an auditor who advocated a "substance over form" approach in the dispute with client management. Conversely, concurrent experience as a board director and a senior member of management was associated with increased support for management. Collectively, these findings have a number of implications for practice and research. The results provide justification for calls that audit committees be composed completely of independent directors. The results also support auditor concerns that varying knowledge levels lead to systematic differences in audit committee member judgments in disputes between auditors and management.
Book Synopsis Audit Committee Formation in the Aftermath of 2007-2009 Global Financial Crisis, Volume II by : Zabihollah Rezaee
Download or read book Audit Committee Formation in the Aftermath of 2007-2009 Global Financial Crisis, Volume II written by Zabihollah Rezaee and published by Business Expert Press. This book was released on 2016-07-08 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The audit committee has gained considerable attention in the aftermath of 2007-2009 global financial crisis. The audit committee’s role has evolved from a voluntary liaison between management and external auditors to the standing committee of the board of directors in overseeing all aspects of corporate governance, financial reporting, internal controls, risk assessment, and audit activities. This book addresses the determinants of audit committee oversight effectiveness, including their composition, independence, authority, resources, diligence, and activities. The book is organized into three separate volumes and each volume can be utilized separately or in an integrated form. The first volume consists of five chapters, which examine the relevance and fundamentals of the audit committees as well as the determinants of audit committee effectiveness. The second volume consists of nine chapters on financial, auditing, internal control, risk management, ethics and compliance, antifraud, and other oversight functions of the audit committee. The third volume consists of five chapters on the emerging issues of audit committees pertaining to evaluation, education, reporting, and accountability as well as audit committees of private companies, governmental entities and not-for-profit organizations.
