The impact of groups and decision aid reliance on fraud risk assessment

2010 ◽  
Vol 33 (3) ◽  
pp. 240-256 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anna Alon ◽  
Peggy Dwyer
2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 35
Author(s):  
Ali Rehman ◽  
Fathyah Hashim

This study seeks to understand the impact of fraud preventive measures on good corporate governance within Omani public listed companies. Fraud preventive measures are considered as fraud risk assessment and preventive role of forensic accounting. This study also proposed that preventive role of forensic accounting mediates the relationship between fraud risk assessment and good corporate governance. Unit of analysis is public listed companies in Oman. This study utilized census sampling with quantitative cross sectional study. PLS-SEM was employed for the data and result analysis. Results suggest that, fraud risk assessment does not have significant impact on good corporate governance; whereas, preventive role of forensic accounting has significant impact on good corporate governance and it is also mediating between fraud risk assessment and good corporate governance. This study can assist regulators and policy makers towards inclusion of forensic accounting as permanent and compulsory component of the codes of corporate governance. Moreover, it is highly recommended for organizations to have in-house antifraud activity which can support and enhance good corporate governance. This study identifies forensic accounting as in-house preventive measure activity which can be available within an organization and working as governance management. This preventive role of forensic accounting is not explored before especially in the Omani market.


2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 183-205
Author(s):  
Mohamad Mahsun ◽  
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Nafsiah Mohamed ◽  
Sharifah Norzehan Syed Yusuf ◽  
Indrawati Yuhertiana ◽  
...  

Fraud Risk Assessment (FRA) is claimed to be an important activity at the audit planning stage in both the private and public sectors. In fact, because of the importance of FRA activities, Auditing Standards (SAS 99, ISA 240, ISSAI 1240) have required auditors to carry out FRAs at the audit planning stage. FRA is considered as the core activity of financial audit planning because of the impact of fraud on the sustainability of an entity, quality of life, and economic growth. This study aimed to determine the practice of FRA in public sector audits and to find out more about the obstacles faced by auditors during the audit process and to find out the causes of these obstacles by considering the approach to the Audit Standards used. This study found that auditors’ performance can be determined based on their complete compliance with audit standards. We have encountered a serious problem that requires firm action from the government or a competent official, namely the auditor’s willingness in preparing the Fraud Risk Assessment Matrix. In addition, we recommend the Audit Standards Board to adopt international public sector auditing standards and disseminate them through training for auditors, students, and professionals. Keywords: fraud risk assessment, public sector audit, auditor competency


2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Oluwatoyin Muse Johnson Popoola ◽  
Ayoib Che-Ahmad ◽  
Rose Shamsiah Samsudin ◽  
Rushami Zien Yussof

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (9) ◽  
pp. 33-1
Author(s):  
reza nematikoshteli ◽  
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Mohsen Hamidian ◽  
seyedeh Mahboobeh Jafari ◽  
Maryam sarraf ◽  
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2018 ◽  
Vol 37 (4) ◽  
pp. 25-48 ◽  
Author(s):  
Olof Bik ◽  
Reggy Hooghiemstra

SUMMARY Internationally operating audit firms rely heavily on global firm policies and audit methodologies to ensure consistency of audits across the globe. However, cultural differences are likely to affect auditors' compliance with such firm-wide systems of control. In this study we use proprietary data from a Big 4's internal quality reviews, involving 1,152 audit engagements from 29 countries, to assess the impact of cross-national cultural differences on auditors' compliance (or not) with the firm's policy in a specific yet crucial and culturally susceptible area of the audit process: fraud risk assessment procedures. We find that collectivism and societal trust are negatively associated, while religiosity is positively associated with compliance with global firm policy. However, we do not find evidence that compliance and power distance are associated. Overall, our findings suggest that cross-national differences in auditors' compliance with global audit firm methodology (or not) are associated with cross-national cultural differences. An implication of our findings is that a uniform local application of global audit methodologies may remain an illusion unless different, targeted approaches for different regions in the world are considered.


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