Auditing and Accounting Cases: Investigating Issues of Fraud and Professional Ethics - Brossura

Thibodeau, Jay; Freier, Deborah

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ISBN 10: 0078110815 ISBN 13: 9780078110818

Casa editrice: McGraw-Hill Education, 2010

Riassunto

The approach used by Thibodeau and Freier emphasizes the substantial benefits of using real-life case examples in helping to impart knowledge related to the practice of auditing. This type of approach has long been acknowledged as a superior manner in which to teach. Since the authors present the concepts of auditing using actual corporate contexts, they seek to provided students with a real-life appreciation of these issues and clearly demonstrate the value of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and the post-Sarbanes technical audit guidance.

The Third Edition has been updated to reflect all of the major changes happening in today’s society with actual companies such as Enron, WorldCom, Qwest, Sunbeam, that have become synonymous with the capital markets’ crisis in confidence. With 45 different short cases, instructors can assign 8 to 9 different cases for each of four different semesters.

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L'autore

Jay C. Thibodeau is the Rae D. Anderson Professor of Accounting at Bentley University.

Professor Thibodeau is a certified public accountant and a former auditor. He received his bachelors degree from the University of Connecticut in 1987 and his PhD from the University of Connecticut in 1996. He joined the faculty at Bentley in 1996 and has remained there. At Bentley, he serves as the coordinator for all audit and assurance curriculum matters. His off-campus commitments include consulting with the Audit Learning and Development group at KPMG.

Professor Thibodeaus scholarship focuses on audit judgment and decision making and audit education. He is a coauthor of two textbooks and has written more than 40 book chapters and articles for academics and practitioners in journals such as Auditing: A Journal of Practice & Theory, Accounting Horizons, and Issues in Accounting Education.

Professor Thibodeau served as the President of the Auditing Section of the American Accounting Association for the 2014/2015 academic year. He served on the Executive Committee for the Auditing Section from 2008 to 2010. He has received national recognition for his work five times. First, for his thesis, winning the 1996 Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation Award presented by the ABO section of the AAA. Three other times, for curriculum innovation, winning the 2001 Joint AICPA/AAA Collaboration Award, the 2003 Innovation in Assurance Education Award, and the 2016 Forensic Accounting Teaching Innovation Award. Finally, for outstanding service, receiving a Special Service Award from the Auditing Section for his work in helping to create the Access to Auditors program sponsored by the Center for Audit Quality.

Contenuti

Section 1 Fraud Cases: Violations of Accounting Principles

Case 1.1 Waste Management: The Matching Principle

Case 1.2 WorldCom: The Revenue Recognition Principle

Case 1.3 Qwest: The Full Disclosure Principle

Case 1.4 Sunbeam: The Revenue Recognition Principle

Case 1.5 Waste Management: The Definition of an Asset

Case 1.6 Enron: The Revenue Recognition Principle

Case 1.7 WorldCom: The Matching Principle

Case 1.8 The Fund of Funds: The Conservatism Constraint

Case 1.9 Qwest: The Revenue Recognition Principle

Case 1.10 The Baptist Foundation of Arizona: The Conservatism Constraint

Case 1.11 WorldCom: The Definition of an Asset

Section 2 Ethics and Professional Responsibility Cases

Case 2.1 Enron: Independence

Case 2.2 Waste Management: Due Care

Case 2.3 WorldCom: Professional Responsibility

Case 2.4 Enron: Quality Assurance

Case 2.5 Sunbeam: Due Care

Case 2.6 The Fund of Funds: Independence

Case 2.7 Bernard L. Madoff Investment and Securities: A Focus on Auditors’ Legal Liability and Due Care

Case 2.8 Enron: Audit Documentation

Section 3 Fraud and Inherent Risk Assessment Cases

Case 3.1 Enron: Understanding the Client’s Business and Industry

Case 3.2 The Baptist Foundation of Arizona: Related Party Transactions

Case 3.3 WorldCom: Significant Business Acquisitions

Case 3.4 Sunbeam: Incentives and Pressure to Commit Fraud

Case 3.5 Qwest: Understanding the Client’s Business and Industry

Case 3.6 The Fund of Funds: Related Party Transactions

Case 3.7 Waste Management: Understanding the Client’s Business and Industry

Section 4 Internal Control Systems: Entity-Level Control Cases

Case 4.1 Enron: The Control Environment

Case 4.2 Waste Management: General Computing Controls

Case 4.3 The Baptist Foundation of Arizona: The Whistleblower Hotline

Case 4.4 WorldCom: The Internal Audit Function

Case 4.5 Waste Management: Top-Side Adjusting Journal Entries

Section 5 Internal Control Systems: Control Activity

Case 5.1 The Fund of Funds: Valuation of Investments

Case 5.2 Enron: Presentation and Disclosure of Special-Purpose Entities

Case 5.3 Sunbeam: Completeness of the Restructuring Reserve

Case 5.4 Qwest: Occurrence of Revenue

Case 5.5 The Baptist Foundation of Arizona: Presentation and Disclosure of Related Parties

Case 5.6 Waste Management: Valuation of Fixed Assets

Case 5.7 Qwest: Occurrence of Revenue

Appendix Company Cases

Case A.1 Enron

Case A.2 Waste Management

Case A.3 WorldCom

Case A.4 Sunbeam

Case A.5 Qwest

Case A.6 The Baptist Foundation of Arizona

Case A.7 The Fund of Funds

Dettagli dell?edizione

• Editore: McGraw-Hill Education
• Data di pubblicazione: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0078110815
• ISBN 13: 9780078110818
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Lingua: Inglese
• Numero edizione: 3
• Numero di pagine: 272