In the Goodner Brother’s case‚ the company has a “sloppy accounting practices and lax control over its inventory and other assets.” The key internal control weaknesses that were evident in the Huntington unit’s operation are control environment weaknesses‚ control activities weaknesses and monitoring weaknesses. 1. Control environment– Management’s attitudes‚ awareness and actions concerning controls Management’s philosophy and operating style plays an important role in the Goodner case. Goodner’s
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Goodner Brothers‚ Inc. Internal Control Issues 1.List what you believe should have been the three to five key internal control objectives for Goodner’s Huntington sales office. 1. Assets Safeguard The padlock and other some security are used as a physical protection of Goodner’s inventory from stolen by unauthorized person. 2. Authorization of Transaction Goodner’s policy said that the new customer required an approval of the sale manager for the credit sale. The objective of this
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Case: Goodner and Howard Street Jewelers Cases Student Name: Shucong Li Date: 09.16.2014 I. Three conditions of Fraud Triangle: 1. Incentive or pressure to perpetrate fraud： a) Excessive pressure for management to meet third party expectations b) Financial stability or profitability is threatened c) Management’s personal financial situation is threatened 2. Opportunity to carry out the fraud a) Nature of the Industry or entity’s operations b) Complex or unstable organizational structure c) Ineffective
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Goodner Brohers‚ Inc. 1. List what you believe should have been the three to five key internal control objectives of Goodner Brohers’ Huntington sales office. A. Goodner’s executives should focus more attention on internal control measures rather than volume in order to have operating activities with efficiency. Although sales volume is related to profits‚ the company could not scrimp on operating expenses. Goodner should make sure there is a good and healthy environment when achieving high
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Audit Case- Tommy O’Connell The audit case I chose was case #1‚ Tommy O’Connell- Audit Senior. O’Connell is a newly appointed senior auditor for a big 5 firm‚ and he was given the tough audit engagement for the Altamesa Manufacturing Company. Tommy figured this engagement would help him get in good with the partner that was in charge of the audit‚ Jack Morrison. The only problem was he was assigned Carl‚ who is a fresh-faced staff accountant who has been working at the company for less than three
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Gale A. Norton‚ Attorney General Martha Phillips Allbright‚ Chief Deputy Attorney General Richard A. Westfall‚ Solicitor General Merrill Shields‚ Deputy Attorney General Linda A. Siderius‚ First Assistant Attorney General Victoria R. Mandell‚ Assistant Attorney General Regulatory Law Section Denver‚ Colorado Attorneys for Petitioner Isaacson Rosenbaum Woods & Levy‚ P.C. Sheldon E. Friedman Scott S. Evans Denver‚ Colorado Attorneys for Respondent Kevin O. O’Brien Boulder‚ Colorado
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related party have been properly recorded by a client‚ an auditor should review info that provided by the management regarding the related party transactions. The auditor has to conduct audit procedure to ensure that information provided can be reviewed for completeness. If the availability regarding related party audit evidence is limited‚ the auditor may discuss with the management regarding the transaction amount and term‚ the nature of the relationship of client and related party and inspect the
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In the case of Goodner Brothers‚ Inc. ‚ the six key control weakness were no proper segregation of duties‚ no proper procedure on recording documents‚ lacking monitoring on performance review‚ low gross profit margin than benchmark‚ no control on accessing to the accounting system and inventory storage and too depends on the honesty of the employees. Woody Robinson know very well that the company have these weaknesses that give him the chances to enter the hole to start the fraud activities. Firstly
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