Enhancing perceptions of auditor independence
Financial statement users must believe that external auditors are free from management control, or users will doubt the verity of auditors' representations. Although U.S.-based auditing firms claim they are independent of their corporate clients, research has demonstrated that many individuals...
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| 格式: | 电子 文件 |
| 语言: | English |
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Springer Science + Business Media B. V
1985
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| In: |
Journal of business ethics
Year: 1985, 卷: 4, 发布: 1, Pages: 53-56 |
| Further subjects: | B
Management Control
B Audit Committee B Educational Program B Financial Statement User B Economic Growth |
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| 总结: | Financial statement users must believe that external auditors are free from management control, or users will doubt the verity of auditors' representations. Although U.S.-based auditing firms claim they are independent of their corporate clients, research has demonstrated that many individuals and groups perceive the situation otherwise. A proposal for enhancing perceptions of auditor independence is offered in this article. The proposal calls for an auditor-administered educational program, complemented by corporate audit committee involvement to lend credibility to auditors' claims. |
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| ISSN: | 1573-0697 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of business ethics
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1007/BF00382673 |