ACCT20040—Auditing and Ethical Practice Assignment 1 The collapse of Harris Scarfe----Auditing failure Submitted by: Due date: 16/08/2007 Word count: 3020 Table of content Introduction 1 History of retailer Harris Scarfe 2 Audit committee of Harris Scarfe 3 Audit independence 5 Legal liability of auditors 6 Implications for the future of the Australian auditing profession 7 Conclusion 9 Reference 11 The collapse of Harris Scarfe----Auditing failure Introduction Recently‚ there
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Introduction: A discussion on corporate regulation and governance is of great importance in today’s economic world. A number of high profile collapses such as HIH‚ One Tel‚ Harris Scarfe‚ Ansett‚ focuses ones attention on governance issues. Nevertheless‚ corporate governance is not a static thing and even if basic structures remain the same‚ policies and procedures surrounding those structures should constantly be reviewed to ensure that the structure is working properly. Globalisation yields challenges
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One.Tel and its corporate governance issues Table of contents Introduction One.Tel collapse Impact of One.tel collapse Legal proceedings against One.tel’s directors Things can be learnt from One.tel’s failure Conclusion Introduction Lack of proper corporate governance can be a disaster for campanies. In recent years‚ major Australian companies such as HIH‚ One.tel and Harris Scarfe failed under dramatic and high profile circumstances. As a result‚ executive and non executive directors
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16: CORPORATE GOVERNANCE – Combined Code Question 1 “Early skepticism about the self-regulatory nature of the Cadbury Report has melted away. It is now clear that self-regulatory codes have a useful role to play in solving the crisis which has been facing corporate governance. Discuss. i. Usefulness/doubts about Cadbury ii. Self-regulating code iii. Crisis-problem been solved? Introduction In as early as the 1960’s‚ successful commentators and businessmen have identified the significance
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1.1 Introduction Corporate governance has been the subject of numerous theoretical and empirical studies especially after the fraudulent reporting scandals such as Enron‚ World.com‚ Adelphia‚ and Parmalat.it has come to mean many things. Traditionally and at fundamental level the concept refers to corporate decision making and control‚ particularly the structure of the board and its working procedures‚ Hermes (1994). Jenifer (2002) defines corporate governance as a set of interlocking riles by which
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TITLE : CORPORATE GOVERNANCE COMPANY NAME : AIR ASIA GROUP MEMBER AIRASIA BERHAD COMPANY PROFILE Established in 1993 and commence operations on 18 November 1996. Established with the dream of making flying possible for everyone Originally founded by a government-owned conglomerate‚ DRB-COM. Bought by former Time Warner executive‚ Tony Fernandes ’s company Tune Air Sdn Bhd on 02 Dec 2001 COMPANY PROFILE –Cont‘ Malaysian Low- cost airline Largest
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1) What is corporate governance? Contemporary corporate governance started in 1992 with the Cadbury report in the UK Cadbury was the result of several high profile company collapses is concerned primarily with protecting weak and widely dispersed shareholders. Corporate Governance is a mechanism through which boards and directors are able to direct‚ monitor and supervise the conduct and operation of the corporation and its management in a manner that ensures appropriate levels
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Interests in corporate governance‚ specifically in business accountability‚ emerged in 2001-2002 in response to the financial collapses that large companies faced such as Enron in the United States‚ Parmalat in Italy‚ Ahold in Netherlands etc... . Governments and agencies‚ tried to prevent these scandals by issuing laws and regulations such as the Sarbanes–Oxley Act of 2002‚ United States federal law‚ however‚ shortly the interests in good corporate governance was renewed and emphasized after the
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Evolution of Corporate Governance in India and Abroad Introduction Corporate governance issues have attracted considerable attention‚ debate and research world wide in recent decades. Almost invariably‚ such efforts gain momentum in the wake of some major financial scam or corporate failure‚ as these tend to highlight the need for tighter surveillance over corporate behavior. Corporate governance has wide ramifications and extends beyond good corporate performance and financial propriety though
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REPORT RE: RECENT ACCOUNTING AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE SCANDALS Contents INTRODUCTION: 3 CORPORATE GOVERNANCE 5 CORPORATE GOVERNANCE IN IRELAND 5 RESPONSE FROM REGULATORS TO THE MOST RECENT SCANDALS IN BANKING SECTOR 7 US CORPORATE GOVERNANCE at a time of Tyco scandal 8 RESPONSE FROM THE REGULATORS -SARBANES-OXLEY ACT 2002 9 AUDIT 10 EXTERNAL AUDIT 10 INTERNAL AUDIT 11 INTRODUCTION TO ANGLO IRISH BANK 12 The Scandals 12 Loans to Sean Fitzpatrick 13 Irish Life and Permanent
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