Shareholder Elections of Audit Committee Members

2017 ◽  
Vol 37 (4) ◽  
pp. 143-167 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ronen Gal-Or ◽  
Rani Hoitash ◽  
Udi Hoitash
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Governance ◽  
Financial Reporting ◽  
Audit Committee ◽  
Board Members ◽  
Past Work ◽  
Reporting Process ◽  
Nominating Committees ◽  
Accounting Expertise ◽  
Governance Choices

SUMMARY Voting in directors' elections is one of few mechanisms by which shareholders can influence corporate governance choices. We study elections of directors who serve on the audit committee (AC), a topic receiving little attention in past work. Our results show that AC members, especially those who do not serve on the compensation or nominating committees, receive greater shareholder support than other independent board members. We further find that among AC members, more qualified members, in terms of accounting expertise, receive greater support, while AC chairs without such expertise receive lower support. In addition, when the AC is less effective in monitoring the financial reporting process, its members receive lower shareholder approval, while other independent board members are less affected by these same financial reporting factors. Finally, when the AC is less effective, all of its members receive lower support, irrespective of their expertise or position within the committee.

The Effect of Audit Committee Industry Expertise on Monitoring the Financial Reporting Process

2013 ◽  
Vol 89 (1) ◽  
pp. 243-273 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeffrey R. Cohen ◽  
Udi Hoitash ◽  
Ganesh Krishnamoorthy ◽  
Arnold M. Wright
Keyword(s):  
Financial Reporting ◽  
Audit Committee ◽  
Data Availability ◽  
Holistic View ◽  
Reporting Process ◽  
Two Measures ◽  
External Auditor ◽  
Accounting Expertise ◽  
Better Than ◽  
Industry Expertise

ABSTRACT Calls from practice suggest that audit committee members with industry expertise can improve audit committee effectiveness. Nevertheless, regulators and the extant literature have focused on the financial expertise of the audit committee. We posit that audit committee industry knowledge is valuable because accounting guidance, estimates, and oversight of the external auditor are often linked to a company's operations within a particular industry. Taking a holistic view, we examine two measures of financial reporting quality (financial restatements and discretionary accruals) and two measures of external auditor oversight (audit and nonaudit fees). As predicted, we find that audit committee members who are both accounting and industry experts perform better than those with only accounting expertise. We also find that in certain instances, supervisory experts who are also industry experts perform better than supervisory experts alone. Overall, these results suggest that industry expertise, when combined with accounting expertise, can improve the effectiveness of the audit committee in monitoring the financial reporting process. Data Availability: All data are gathered from publicly available sources.

Dynamic Data: Corporate Governance and Auditors' Evaluation of Accounting Estimates

2005 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 119-128 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeffrey R. Cohen ◽  
Ganesh Krishnamoorthy ◽  
Arnold M. Wright
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Governance ◽  
Financial Reporting ◽  
House Of Representatives ◽  
Audit Committee ◽  
High Tech ◽  
Audit Process ◽  
Dynamic Data ◽  
Sarbanes Oxley ◽  
Accounting Scandals ◽  
Reporting Process

Corporate governance issues have grown more salient in light of alleged corporate accounting scandals and the subsequent enactment of the landmark Sarbanes-Oxley Act (U.S. House of Representatives 2002). However, even in cases where no fraud has occurred and management is completely aboveboard, the role of various players in the corporate governance framework in maintaining a high-quality financial reporting process cannot be overlooked. This case presents facts surrounding the valuation of inventory at Dynamic Data, a high-tech firm. You will be asked to consider, from an auditor's perspective, whether inventory should be carried at cost in light of changing market conditions. Further, you will be asked to consider the role, if any, that the Audit Committee and Board of Directors might play in the financial reporting process. Special consideration will also be given to examining the implications of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act in the audit process.

scholarly journals Ineffective corporate governance: busyness of internal board monitoring committees

2016 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 309-325 ◽  
Author(s):  
Khamis H. Al-Yahyaee ◽  
Ahmed Al-Hadi
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Governance ◽  
Financial Reporting ◽  
Audit Committee ◽  
Reporting Quality ◽  
Financial Reporting Quality ◽  
Board Members ◽  
Financial Firms ◽  
Board Monitoring ◽  
Risk Committee

We examine whether the voluntary formation of a Risk Committee (RC) compromises the effectiveness of other monitoring duties carried out by the board members. We argue that adding more monitoring committees increases the board’s internal busyness, which reduces the effectiveness of monitoring by the Audit Committee (AC). Using a sample of financial firms over the period 2007 to 2011 from the Gulf Cooperation Countries (GCC), we find that voluntarily adopting a risk committee impairs the effectiveness of the audit committee, which in turn reduces financial reporting quality. Our findings suggest that multiple layers of monitoring capacity viz-a-viz the existence of both an audit and risk committee may weaken the quality of monitoring provided by the audit committee.

Audit Committee Members’ Reputation Incentives and Their Effectiveness in Monitoring the Financial Reporting Process

Abacus ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 56 (3) ◽  
pp. 348-406
Author(s):  
Eunice S. Khoo ◽  
Youngdeok Lim ◽  
Gary S. Monroe
Keyword(s):  
Financial Reporting ◽  
Audit Committee ◽  
Reporting Process

scholarly journals Corporate Social Responsibility, Audit Committee Expertise, and Financial Reporting: Empirical Evidence from Korea

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (19) ◽  
pp. 10517
Author(s):  
Haeyoung Ryu ◽  
Soo-Joon Chae ◽  
Bomi Song
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Social Responsibility ◽  
Social Responsibility ◽  
Financial Reporting ◽  
Audit Committee ◽  
Earnings Quality ◽  
Audit Committees ◽  
Accounting Expertise ◽  
Corporate Social

Corporate social responsibility (CSR) involves multiple activities and is influenced by the cultural and legal environment of the country in which a firm is located. This study examines the role of audit committees’ (AC) financial expertise in the relationship between CSR and the earnings quality of Korean firms with high levels of CSR. Using a multivariate analysis, it investigates whether the ACs that include members with accounting expertise, finance expertise, or supervisory expertise individually affect a firm’s decision making. It also examines how ACs with diverse expertise contribute toward improving the financial reporting quality of firms with high levels of CSR. The results demonstrate that when there is a certified accountant in the AC of a firm that practices CSR based on ethical motivation, the earnings management through discretionary accruals is more strictly controlled. This is more effective when the AC comprises members with accounting and non-accounting expertise. This finding implies that the AC plays a positive role in improving the accounting information quality of firms with CSR excellence. Moreover, while the role of accounting experts in the AC is important for maintaining high earnings quality, combining other types of expertise creates synergy.

scholarly journals Do audit committee characteristics of Bahraini listed companies have an effect on the level of internet financial reporting?

2016 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 131-147 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sara AbdulHakeem Saleh AlMatrooshi ◽  
Abdalmuttaleb M. A. Musleh Al-Sartawi ◽  
Zakeya Sanad
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Governance ◽  
Literature Review ◽  
Financial Reporting ◽  
Audit Committee ◽  
Positive Relationship ◽  
Listed Companies ◽  
Financial Information ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Regression Test ◽  
The Relationship

Corporate Governance and IFR are influential topics that need to be addressed nowadays due to its importance. Especially since companies are growing and extending globally. This research is conducted in Kingdom of Bahrain through the year 2014, where it investigates the relationship between Audit Committee characteristics as a tool of CG and IFR. Literature review has been conducted, not to mention Multi-regression test was used to evaluate the relationship between Audit Committee characteristics and IFR for Bahraini listed companies. The results have showed that the relationship between Audit Committee characteristics and IFR is negative, which indicates that the Audit committee characteristics have no influence over the disclosure of financial information over the internet. However, Frequency of meeting of the board and Big4 resulted in a positive relationship with internet financial reporting. The study ends with a main conclusion and recommendation that contain certain steps and advices of disclosing financial information in an appropriate way through the internet in order to improve the relationship between Audit committee characteristics and IFR.

PENGARUH CORPORATE GOVERNANCE, KINERJA KEUANGAN,KEPEMILIKAN MANAJERIAL, UKURAN PERUSAHAAN TERHADAP KETEPATWAKTUAN PENYAMPAIAN LAPORAN KEUANGAN

2015 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 107
Author(s):  
Kurniasih Jati Setyaningsih
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Governance ◽  
Financial Performance ◽  
Financial Reporting ◽  
Audit Committee ◽  
Control Variable ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Financial Statements ◽  
Managerial Ownership ◽  
Control Variables ◽  
Before And After

; "> This study aimed to determine the effect of corporate governance, financial performance, managerialownership, the size of the company to the timeliness of financial reporting with the age of the firm asa control variable. Corporate governance is proxied by independent directors and audit committee,while the used financial performance ratios ROI. Company size used in this study using total assets.This study uses secondary data from ICMD and IDX. Of the 162 companies listed on the StockExchange, which can be used to study many as 100 companies by using logistic regression. Based onresearch that has been done before and after entering the control variables, it was found that theindependent commissioner, financial performance (ROI), firm size affects the timeliness of financialreporting. company’s age that is the control variables also affect the timeliness of financial reporting.Meanwhile the audit committee and managerial ownership does not affect the timeliness ofsubmission of financial statements. Thus it can be concluded that the larger and more long standingcompany, the more obedient to comply with regulations set by Bapepam.Keywords: corporate governance, financial performance, managerial ownership, company’s size,

The association between corporate governance mechanisms and compliance with IFRS mandatory disclosure requirements: evidence from 12 African countries

2020 ◽  
Vol 20 (7) ◽  
pp. 1371-1392
Author(s):  
Yosra Mnif ◽  
Hela Borgi
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Governance ◽  
Financial Reporting ◽  
Audit Committee ◽  
Mandatory Disclosure ◽  
African Region ◽  
African Countries ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Disclosure Requirements ◽  
The Board Of Directors ◽  
Expected Benefits

Purpose The purpose of this study is to examine the association between two corporate governance (CG) mechanisms, namely, the board of directors and the audit committee (AC) and the compliance level with International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) mandatory disclosure requirements across 12 African countries. Design/methodology/approach This paper uses a self-constructed checklist of 140 items to measure the compliance with IFRS mandatory disclosure requirements (here after, COMP) of 202 non-financial listed firms during the 2012–2016 period. This paper applies panel regressions. Findings The findings reveal that CG mechanisms play an important role in enhancing compliance with IFRS in the African context. The results show that board independence, AC independence and the number of meetings held by the AC are positively associated with COMP. Regarding expertize, this paper find that AC industry expertise along with accounting financial expertise is associated with a higher level of COMP than accounting financial expertize alone. These results show the importance of the CG mechanisms to enforce African companies to fully comply with IFRS required disclosures. Practical implications The findings should give a signal to supervisory authorities that more effort is necessary to enforce IFRS across African countries if the introduction of IFRS is to bring the expected benefits to investors and other users. Hence, the lack of full compliance should remain a concern for regulators, professional accounting bodies and policymakers. Originality/value This study contributes to the literature by providing further insights that, within the African region an understudied context, extend current understanding of the association between CG mechanisms and COMP.

Corporate Governance Factors and Auditor Going Concern Assessments

2005 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 5-29 ◽  
Author(s):  
Susan Parker ◽  
Gary F. Peters ◽  
Howard F. Turetsky
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Governance ◽  
Financial Reporting ◽  
Financial Distress ◽  
Audit Committee ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Going Concern ◽  
Sarbanes Oxley ◽  
Auditing Standards ◽  
Distressed Firms ◽  
The Impact

When making going concern assessments, Statement on Auditing Standards No. 59 (Auditing Standards Board 1988) directs auditors to consider the nature of management's plans and ability to mitigate periods of financial distress successfully. Corporate governance factors reflect attributes of control, oversight, and/or support of management's plans and actions intended to overcome financial distress. Correspondingly, this study investigates the impact of certain corporate governance factors on the likelihood of a going concern modification. Using survival analysis techniques, we examine a sample of 161 financially distressed firms for the time period 1988–1996. We find that auditors are twice as likely to issue a going concern modification when the CEO is replaced. We also find that going concern modifications are inversely associated with blockholder ownership. We also confirm Carcello and Neal's (2000) findings with respect to the association between an independent audit committee and an increased likelihood of modification. In a repeated events setting, we find that insider ownership and board independence are inversely associated with repeated going concern modifications. Our study concludes by proposing implications for the current financial reporting environment (including the Sarbanes‐Oxley Act of 2002) and future research avenues.

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