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Maintaining Integrity And Objectivity Avoiding Subordination Of Judgment When Threats Exist, Steven Mintz
Maintaining Integrity And Objectivity Avoiding Subordination Of Judgment When Threats Exist, Steven Mintz
Steven Mintz
According to the AICPA Code of Professional Conduct, “in the performance of any professional service, a member shall maintain objectivity and integrity, shall be free of conflicts of interest, and shall not knowingly misrepresent facts or subordinate his or her judgment to others.” Rule 102 thus prohibits a member from knowingly misrepresenting facts or subordinating judgment when performing professional services for a client and employer. The rule was revised to provide guidance for external auditors who might face pressures within the firm to subordinate judgment.
Maintaining Integrity And Objectivity Avoiding Subordination Of Judgment When Threats Exist, Steven Mintz
Maintaining Integrity And Objectivity Avoiding Subordination Of Judgment When Threats Exist, Steven Mintz
Steven Mintz
According to the AICPA Code of Professional Conduct, “in the performance of any professional service, a member shall maintain objectivity and integrity, shall be free of conflicts of interest, and shall not knowingly misrepresent facts or subordinate his or her judgment to others.” Rule 102 thus prohibits a member from knowingly misrepresenting facts or subordinating judgment when performing professional services for a client and employer. Interpretation 102-4, “Subordination of Judgment by a Member,” was revised to provide guidance for external auditors who might face pressures within the firm to subordinate judgment. This papers describes the new rules and provides a …
Continuous Improvement Systems, Balanced Scorecard Systems And Organisational Performance, Errol Iselin, John Sands, Lokman Mia
Continuous Improvement Systems, Balanced Scorecard Systems And Organisational Performance, Errol Iselin, John Sands, Lokman Mia
Errol Iselin
The use of multi-perspective performance reporting systems (MPRS), such as the balanced scorecard (BSC), is widespread. This study's motivation comes from the importance of these systems and the lack of knowledge about them. Continuous improvement systems (CIS) are another accounting innovation. CIS constantly look for ways to improve performance and are used in conjunction with performance reporting systems. The research objectives are to study MPRS users and to investigate: (1) the dimensions of multi-perspective performance reporting and organisational performance, and (2) the relationship between CIS and performance. We found 10 dimensions of performance reporting, 11 dimensions of performance, and that …
Attaining Legitimacy By Employee Information In Annual Reports, Pamela Kent, Tamara Zunker
Attaining Legitimacy By Employee Information In Annual Reports, Pamela Kent, Tamara Zunker
Tamara Zunker
Purpose – The purpose of this study is to provide evidence on the category, quantity and quality of voluntary employee-related information Australian listed companies disclose in their annual report. An explanation is also sought to determine whether companies adopt employee-related disclosures to legitimise their relationship with society. Voluntary adoption of corporate governance best practice recommendations is used as a measure of companies’ attempts to attain ex ante legitimacy. Media agenda setting theory is used as a measure of an attempt to gain legitimacy ex post following adverse publicity from the media. Design/methodology/approach – The annual reports of all companies with …
Do Corporate Governance Recommendations Improve The Performance And Accountability Of Small Listed Companies?, Jacqueline Christensen, Pamela Kent, James Routledge, Jenny Stewart
Do Corporate Governance Recommendations Improve The Performance And Accountability Of Small Listed Companies?, Jacqueline Christensen, Pamela Kent, James Routledge, Jenny Stewart
Pamela Kent
This study examines whether the implementation of the 2003 Australian Securities Exchange Limited governance recommendations influenced the governance choices of small companies and whether compliance improves their accounting and market performance and earnings quality. Our analysis examines small and large companies because we are interested in the different effects of the governance recommendations on the two groups. The analysis shows a significant shift by small and large companies to comply with the recommendations around the time of their introduction. We find that formation of an audit committee surrounding the reform period is significantly associated with improved earnings quality for small …
Attaining Legitimacy By Employee Information In Annual Reports, Pamela Kent, Tamara Zunker
Attaining Legitimacy By Employee Information In Annual Reports, Pamela Kent, Tamara Zunker
Pamela Kent
Purpose – The purpose of this study is to provide evidence on the category, quantity and quality of voluntary employee-related information Australian listed companies disclose in their annual report. An explanation is also sought to determine whether companies adopt employee-related disclosures to legitimise their relationship with society. Voluntary adoption of corporate governance best practice recommendations is used as a measure of companies’ attempts to attain ex ante legitimacy. Media agenda setting theory is used as a measure of an attempt to gain legitimacy ex post following adverse publicity from the media. Design/methodology/approach – The annual reports of all companies with …
Do Corporate Governance Recommendations Improve The Performance And Accountability Of Small Listed Companies?, Jacqueline Christensen, Pamela Kent, James Routledge, Jenny Stewart
Do Corporate Governance Recommendations Improve The Performance And Accountability Of Small Listed Companies?, Jacqueline Christensen, Pamela Kent, James Routledge, Jenny Stewart
James Routledge
This study examines whether the implementation of the 2003 Australian Securities Exchange Limited governance recommendations influenced the governance choices of small companies and whether compliance improves their accounting and market performance and earnings quality. Our analysis examines small and large companies because we are interested in the different effects of the governance recommendations on the two groups. The analysis shows a significant shift by small and large companies to comply with the recommendations around the time of their introduction. We find that formation of an audit committee surrounding the reform period is significantly associated with improved earnings quality for small …
Insolvency Administration As A Strategic Response To Financial Distress, James Routledge, David Morrison
Insolvency Administration As A Strategic Response To Financial Distress, James Routledge, David Morrison
James Routledge
This study considers whether the strategic decision to enter voluntary administration (VA) rather than to trade the company’s business for a protracted period of declining performance is systematically related to the effective monitoring of management decision-making. Analysis that tests the association between strategic entry into VA and the likelihood that a company will reorganize in VA is also presented. We find about half of the companies in our sample entered VA as a strategic choice. The likelihood of strategic entry to VA increased with the proportion of independent board directors, the existence of an audit committee and a dual CEO/chair …
Pricing Of Innate And Discretionary Accruals In Australian Debt, Husam Aldamen, Keith Duncan
Pricing Of Innate And Discretionary Accruals In Australian Debt, Husam Aldamen, Keith Duncan
Keith Duncan
This paper addresses the conflicting evidence on the role of accruals in debt pricing. We show that the two subcomponents of accruals quality, innate and discretionary accruals, both impact the debt pricing. Higher innate accruals increases cost of debt, consistent with the prior evidence (Francis et al., 2005; Gray et al., 2009). However, we also find that higher discretionary accruals reduce the cost of debt. This contrasts with the prior evidence of a positive association between discretionary accruals and cost and debt (Francis et al., 2005), and no association (Gray et al., 2009). We show that noisy measurement of cost …