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Three Studies Investigating The Legal Liability Implications Of The Sarbanes-Oxley Act Of 2002, Jillian Phillips Jan 2010

Three Studies Investigating The Legal Liability Implications Of The Sarbanes-Oxley Act Of 2002, Jillian Phillips

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

This dissertation examines the litigation and legal liability exposure of auditors related to the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (SOX). Three separate studies were conducted to examine how auditor's litigation exposure is evaluated by potential litigants (lawyers), and how auditor liability is evaluated by jurors, following the bankruptcy of a client. The first study examines whether the auditor's SOX Section 404 reporting decisions influence lawyers' assessments of their litigation exposure. The second study investigates whether voluntary disclosures of significant deficiencies in internal controls within the SOX Section 404 report, and the subjectivity of the internal control judgments made by the auditor, …


Dysfunctional Audit Behaviour: An Exploratory Study In Malaysia, Halil Paino, Zubaidah Ismail, Malcolm Smith Jan 2010

Dysfunctional Audit Behaviour: An Exploratory Study In Malaysia, Halil Paino, Zubaidah Ismail, Malcolm Smith

Research outputs pre 2011

The quality of the opinion provided by audit firms is an important determinant of their long-term survival, but audit quality is difficult to gauge, which makes it particularly sensitive to the behaviour of the individuals who carry on audit work. This paper seeks to identify the incidence of dysfunctional audit behaviours and audit quality reduction behaviours, actions taken by an auditor during engagement that reduce evidence-gathering effectiveness. The paper is based on a survey of 244 auditors working in small/medium and big audit firms in Malaysia. The paper identifies key variables leading to dysfunctional audit behaviour. The paper is subject …


Coso Internal Control - Integrated Framework: Guidance On Monitoring Internal Control Systems, Volume Ii: Application, Committee Of Sponsoring Organizations Of The Treadway Commission Jan 2010

Coso Internal Control - Integrated Framework: Guidance On Monitoring Internal Control Systems, Volume Ii: Application, Committee Of Sponsoring Organizations Of The Treadway Commission

Association Sections, Divisions, Boards, Teams

No abstract provided.


Assessing And Responding To Audit Risk In A Financial Statement Audit, Revised Edition As Of October 1, 2009; Audit And Accounting Guide, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants. Risk Assessment Audit Guide Task Force Jan 2010

Assessing And Responding To Audit Risk In A Financial Statement Audit, Revised Edition As Of October 1, 2009; Audit And Accounting Guide, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants. Risk Assessment Audit Guide Task Force

Guides, Handbooks and Manuals

No abstract provided.


Proposed Statement On Auditing Standards, Communicating Internal Control Related Matters Identified In An Audit (Redrafted), December 21, 2009, Comments Are Requested By April 30, 2010; Exposure Draft (American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants), 2009, December 21, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants. Auditing Standards Board Dec 2009

Proposed Statement On Auditing Standards, Communicating Internal Control Related Matters Identified In An Audit (Redrafted), December 21, 2009, Comments Are Requested By April 30, 2010; Exposure Draft (American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants), 2009, December 21, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants. Auditing Standards Board

Exposure Drafts, Comment Letters, and Statements of Position

No abstract provided.


Comment Letters On Proposed Statement On Auditing Standards, Communicating Internal Control Related Matters Identified In An Audit (Redrafted), December 21, 2009, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants. Auditing Standards Board Dec 2009

Comment Letters On Proposed Statement On Auditing Standards, Communicating Internal Control Related Matters Identified In An Audit (Redrafted), December 21, 2009, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants. Auditing Standards Board

Exposure Drafts, Comment Letters, and Statements of Position

No abstract provided.


Forensic Accounting, Carol L. Daniel Jan 2009

Forensic Accounting, Carol L. Daniel

The Corinthian

Forensic Accounting is a special field of accounting that utilizes accounting, auditing, and investigative skills to identify and resolve legal issues. Forensic Accounting involves looking beyond the numbers, it is more than accounting work or detective work - it is a combination of the two. This paper will focus on the use of Forensic Accounting, the addition of Auditing Standards (SAS) No. 99’s 42 red flags, and the ten Statements on Auditing Standards (SAS) Nos. 102-111 and how they work together to detect fraudulent financial statements.


Early Evidence Of The Volatility Of Comprehensive Income And Its Components, Timothy L. Mccoy, James H. Thompson, Margaret A. Hoskins Jan 2009

Early Evidence Of The Volatility Of Comprehensive Income And Its Components, Timothy L. Mccoy, James H. Thompson, Margaret A. Hoskins

All Faculty Scholarship for the College of Business

The Financial Accounting Standards Board issued Statement of Financial Accounting Standard (SFAS) No. 130 Reporting Comprehensive Income, in June 1997, effective for fiscal periods beginning after December 15, 1997. Early trends in reporting comprehensive income and its components for the Fortune 500 reveal an overwhelming preference for disclosure in the statement of changes in stockholders' equity, despite the FASB's recommendation of utilizing a combined statement of income/comprehensive income or a separate statement of comprehensive income. This disclosure tends to downplay the importance of other comprehensive income items and focus readers' attention on the traditional net income figure rather than comprehensive …


How Consulting Services Could Kill Private-Sector Auditing, Dana R. Hermanson Jan 2009

How Consulting Services Could Kill Private-Sector Auditing, Dana R. Hermanson

Faculty Articles

The article presents a discussion of recommendations for improving sustainability of a public company auditing profession in the U.S., adapted from a submission by Dana R. Hermanson to the Advisory Committee on the Auditing Profession of the Treasury Department.


Exploring Accounting Fraud In The Subsidiary Environment, Carmelita J. Troy, Madeline Ann Domino, Steven P. Landry Jan 2009

Exploring Accounting Fraud In The Subsidiary Environment, Carmelita J. Troy, Madeline Ann Domino, Steven P. Landry

Faculty Publications

This research explores accounting fraud in the subsidiary environment. Utilizing institutional theory, we propose that the subsidiary environment provides an opportune setting and vehicle for individuals to commit accounting fraud. While a growing body of literature exists on accounting fraud, minimal work has focused on the role of the subsidiary in accounting fraud, as reported by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). We sample companies for which the SEC has documented accounting fraud in their enforcement releases. We then analyze the related SEC documents to determine to what extent, if any, a subsidiary is involved in the accounting fraud. Our …


Coso Internal Control - Integrated Framework: Guidance On Monitoring Internal Control Systems, Volume Iii: Examples, Committee Of Sponsoring Organizations Of The Treadway Commission Jan 2009

Coso Internal Control - Integrated Framework: Guidance On Monitoring Internal Control Systems, Volume Iii: Examples, Committee Of Sponsoring Organizations Of The Treadway Commission

Association Sections, Divisions, Boards, Teams

No abstract provided.


Coso Internal Control - Integrated Framework: Guidance On Monitoring Internal Control Systems, Volume 1: Guidance, Committee Of Sponsoring Organizations Of The Treadway Commission Jan 2009

Coso Internal Control - Integrated Framework: Guidance On Monitoring Internal Control Systems, Volume 1: Guidance, Committee Of Sponsoring Organizations Of The Treadway Commission

Association Sections, Divisions, Boards, Teams

No abstract provided.


Compilation And Review Engagements; Statement On Standards For Accounting And Review Services 19, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants. Accounting And Review Services Committee Jan 2009

Compilation And Review Engagements; Statement On Standards For Accounting And Review Services 19, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants. Accounting And Review Services Committee

AICPA Professional Standards

No abstract provided.


Communicating Internal Control Related Matters In An Audit - Understanding Sas No. 115 - 2008; Audit Risk Alerts, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants Jan 2009

Communicating Internal Control Related Matters In An Audit - Understanding Sas No. 115 - 2008; Audit Risk Alerts, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants

Industry Guides (AAGs), Risk Alerts, and Checklists

No abstract provided.


Cpa's Handbook Of Fraud And Commercial Crime Prevention, Tracy Coenen Jan 2009

Cpa's Handbook Of Fraud And Commercial Crime Prevention, Tracy Coenen

Guides, Handbooks and Manuals

No abstract provided.


Deficiencies Noted In Pcaob Inspections: Implications For Auditing Instruction, Bernard H. Newman, Mary Ellen Oliverio Sep 2008

Deficiencies Noted In Pcaob Inspections: Implications For Auditing Instruction, Bernard H. Newman, Mary Ellen Oliverio

Faculty Working Papers and Articles

The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) has responsibility for monitoring public accounting firms that provide audits for publicly owned companies. Among the duties assigned to the PCAOB was “conducting inspections of registered public accounting firms.” A strategy for such inspections was developed that includes reporting deficiencies judged to be significant for supporting conclusions made. This paper presents a content analysis of deficiencies disclosed in the nine inspections (during three years) of three accounting firms, along with the largest four firms, that are inspected each year. Also discussed are the general implications for auditing teaching in colleges/universities and in continuing …


An Analysis Of Restatements Due To Errors And Auditor Changes By Fortune 500 Companies, James H. Thompson, Timothy L. Mccoy Jan 2008

An Analysis Of Restatements Due To Errors And Auditor Changes By Fortune 500 Companies, James H. Thompson, Timothy L. Mccoy

All Faculty Scholarship for the College of Business

Events leading to the breakup of Arthur Anderson and Co. included the failure of Enron and other evidence of financial reporting irregularities. Many of these irregularities involved restatement of financial statements due to error. During the last several years, numerous articles in the accounting literature and accounting press have chronicled such restatements and the often associated change in auditor. This paper analyzes restatements due to error and auditor changes made by Fortune 500 companies during 2001 and 2002 in order to assess whether restatements due to error lowered or raised income and whether companies with income-decreasing errors showed a greater …


Communicating Internal Control Related Matters Identified In An Audit; Statement On Auditing Standards, 115, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants. Auditing Standards Board Jan 2008

Communicating Internal Control Related Matters Identified In An Audit; Statement On Auditing Standards, 115, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants. Auditing Standards Board

Statements on Auditing Standards

No abstract provided.


Analytical Procedures, With Conforming Changes As Of March 1, 2008; Audit And Accounting Guide:, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants. Analytical Procedures Audit Guide Revision Task Force Jan 2008

Analytical Procedures, With Conforming Changes As Of March 1, 2008; Audit And Accounting Guide:, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants. Analytical Procedures Audit Guide Revision Task Force

Industry Guides (AAGs), Risk Alerts, and Checklists

No abstract provided.


Disaster Recovery Planning: What Section 404 Audits Reveal, Dana R. Hermanson, Daniel M. Ivancevich, Susan H. Ivancevich Dec 2007

Disaster Recovery Planning: What Section 404 Audits Reveal, Dana R. Hermanson, Daniel M. Ivancevich, Susan H. Ivancevich

Faculty Articles

This article summarizes U.S. Sarbanes-Oxley Act section 404 internal control reports that reveal material weaknesses due to inadequate disaster recovery planning. According to the authors, Section 404 applies to public companies with over $75 million in public float. They advise that auditors evaluating internal control over financial reporting must consider key information technology-related risks and controls that affect financial reporting, including issues related to disaster recovery planning.


Human Resource Accounting, Sam Lilley Jan 2007

Human Resource Accounting, Sam Lilley

The Corinthian

How should human resources be accounted for? This has been a question for a long time. Employees can be viewed as a company's biggest asset, but because the value of human resources can be difficult to measure, it is often not reported. When the value of human resources or assets is not recognized on the financial statements, the value of the organization is understated.


Analytical Procedures, With Conforming Changes As Of May 1, 2007; Audit And Accounting Guide:, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants. Analytical Procedures Audit Guide Revision Task Force Jan 2007

Analytical Procedures, With Conforming Changes As Of May 1, 2007; Audit And Accounting Guide:, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants. Analytical Procedures Audit Guide Revision Task Force

Industry Guides (AAGs), Risk Alerts, and Checklists

No abstract provided.


Culture Effects In The Ethical Decision-Making Process Of Latin American Accountants, Silvia Lopez Palau Aug 2006

Culture Effects In The Ethical Decision-Making Process Of Latin American Accountants, Silvia Lopez Palau

Theses and Dissertations - UTB/UTPA

Despite the amount of accounting ethics research conducted over many years, two significant problems remain unsolved. First, there is a need to create accurate measurement instruments capable of predicting behavior within a theoretical framework of ethical decision-making. Second, it is important to develop ways to make measurements appropriate for application in other cultures or countries. Thus, the purpose of this study is twofold. The first objective is to develop a scale to measure the ethical evaluations, judgments, and intentions of Latin American accountants. The second goal is to determine the effects of national culture and gender on the results posited …


Communicating Internal Control Related Matters Identified In An Audit; Statement On Auditing Standards, 112, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants. Auditing Standards Boaard Jan 2006

Communicating Internal Control Related Matters Identified In An Audit; Statement On Auditing Standards, 112, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants. Auditing Standards Boaard

Statements on Auditing Standards

No abstract provided.


Assessing And Responding To Audit Risk In A Financial Statement Audit; Audit And Accounting Guide:, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants. Risk Assessment Audit Guide Task Force Jan 2006

Assessing And Responding To Audit Risk In A Financial Statement Audit; Audit And Accounting Guide:, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants. Risk Assessment Audit Guide Task Force

Industry Guides (AAGs), Risk Alerts, and Checklists

No abstract provided.


Understanding Sas No. 112 And Evaluating Control Deficiencies : A Companion To Sas No. 112, Communicating Internal Control Related Matters Identified In An Audit; Audit Risk Alerts, Ahava Goldman Jan 2006

Understanding Sas No. 112 And Evaluating Control Deficiencies : A Companion To Sas No. 112, Communicating Internal Control Related Matters Identified In An Audit; Audit Risk Alerts, Ahava Goldman

Industry Guides (AAGs), Risk Alerts, and Checklists

No abstract provided.


Internal Control Over Financial Reporting - Guidance For Smaller Public Companies, Volume Iii : Evaluation Tools, Committee Of Sponsoring Organizations Of The Treadway Commission Jan 2006

Internal Control Over Financial Reporting - Guidance For Smaller Public Companies, Volume Iii : Evaluation Tools, Committee Of Sponsoring Organizations Of The Treadway Commission

Association Sections, Divisions, Boards, Teams

No abstract provided.


Internal Control Over Financial Reporting - Guidance For Smaller Public Companies, Volume Ii : Guidance, Committee Of Sponsoring Organizations Of The Treadway Commission Jan 2006

Internal Control Over Financial Reporting - Guidance For Smaller Public Companies, Volume Ii : Guidance, Committee Of Sponsoring Organizations Of The Treadway Commission

Association Sections, Divisions, Boards, Teams

No abstract provided.


Internal Control Over Financial Reporting - Guidance For Smaller Public Companies, Volume I : Executive Summary, Committee Of Sponsoring Organizations Of The Treadway Commission Jan 2006

Internal Control Over Financial Reporting - Guidance For Smaller Public Companies, Volume I : Executive Summary, Committee Of Sponsoring Organizations Of The Treadway Commission

Association Sections, Divisions, Boards, Teams

No abstract provided.


Cpa's Handbook Of Fraud And Commercial Crime Prevention, Tedd Avey, Ted Baskerville, Alan Brill Jan 2006

Cpa's Handbook Of Fraud And Commercial Crime Prevention, Tedd Avey, Ted Baskerville, Alan Brill

Guides, Handbooks and Manuals

No abstract provided.