325- 339 Product Management Assignment 1 Brand Audit of the Apple iPhone Georgia Louise Benjamin (217204)‚ Kyle Leong (275059)‚ Polina Dozortseva (298367)‚ Martin Weissbart (364260) Submitted: 10th September‚ 2009 Tutorial Time: Mondays 10am -11am‚ Tutor: Ronald Word Count excluding Footnotes‚ Headings and Appendices: 2176 words 1 Executive Summary The objective of this study is to make inferences about the iPhone’s brand equity from a sample of the population. Specifically‚ the value
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Fundamental concepts of f/s audit Materiality misstatement of accounting information. is a matter of professional judgment Audit risk The auditor expresses an inappropriate audit opinion when the financial statements are materially misstated‚ Evidence (more than “per discussion with client) Major phrases of audit: Client acceptance/continuance; Preliminary engagement activities; Establish materiality and assess risks; Plan the audit ;Consider and audit internal control; Audit business processes and
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Non-Audit Services and Knowledge Spillovers: An Investigation of the Audit Report Lag Angela Walker and David Hay1 University of Auckland Acknowledgements: We gratefully acknowledge helpful comments by Robert Knechel‚ Yi-Hsing Liao‚ and participants at the International Symposium on Audit Research in Maastricht and the Australian National Centre for Audit and Assurance Research workshop at Australian National University. This research was supported by a grant from the University of Auckland under
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Table of Contents Executive summary 1 List of abbreviations and glossary terms 4 List of figures 5 Brief company overview 6 Part A: Identifies ethical dilemmas facing HP and provides stakeholders’ perspective on those dilemmas 6 Overview of ethical dilemmas 6 1. Environment 6 1.1. Ethical issues in operations 6 1.2. Ethical issues in products 8 2. The scandal 9 3. Superdome test sabotaged 9 4. Stakeholders’ perspectives 9 4.1. Environment 10
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which exceeds materiality of $50‚000. c. The auditor should either propose an audit adjustment so that the unadjusted statement amount is less than materiality‚ and/or perform more testing to obtain a better estimate of the population misstatements. The additional testing will likely focus on receivables and inventory because they have the largest estimated misstatements. 9-28 a. The following terms are audit planning decisions requiring professional judgment: Preliminary judgment about materiality
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Eilifsen‚ William F. Messier‚ Jr. Stevan M. Glover and Douglas F. Prawitt‚ Auditing and Assurance Services‚ 2nd International Edition‚ McGraw Hill‚ 2010. 4. Alvin A. Arens‚ Randal J. Elder‚ Mark S. Beasley‚ Noor Afza Amran‚ Faudziah Hanim Fadzil‚ Nor Zalina Mohammad Yusof‚ Mohamad Naimi Mohamad Nor‚ and Rohami Shafie‚ Auditing and Assurance Services in Malaysia: An Integrated Approach‚ 2nd Edition‚ Prentice-Hall Malaysia‚ 2008. 5. William F. Messier‚ Jr. Stevan M. Glover‚ Douglas F. Prawitt and Margaret
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Q1 - What is the relationship between the risk assessment process and the collection of audit evidence? The risk assessment process happens at the very beginning of the engagement and is to determine the level of risk present in the company. The risk assessment phase is when the auditor assess the client’s situation‚ conducts an independence threat analysis and decides whether to accept the client or not. The risk assessment is influenced by various factors such as the degree to which external
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– Skills Module‚ Paper F8 (UK) Audit and Assurance (United Kingdom) 1 (a) (i) Importance of reporting to those charged with governance June 2013 Answers In accordance with ISA 260 (UK and Ireland) Communication with those charged with governance‚ it is important for the auditors to report to those charged with governance as it helps in the following ways: (1) It assists the auditor and those charged with governance in understanding matters related to the audit‚ and in developing a constructive
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and audit objectives - Define management assertions and the related audit objectives - Describe management assertions related to class of transactions‚ balances and presentation and disclosures - List out and describe general transaction related audit objectives‚ balance related audit objectives and presentation and disclosure audit objectives - Understand specific audit objectives and how they are linked to general audit objectives and management assertions Topic 4 – Audit evidence and
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Standards Introduction Self-regulated: the standards governing audits were established by members of the profession themselves Sarbanes-Oxley Acct of 2002 Created: Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) to provide external and independent oversight over the audits of public entities Responsible for registering public accounting firms‚ establishing standards for audit engagements‚ and inspecting the quality of audits conducted by public accounting firms ****Generally Accepted Auditing
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