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Perceptions of auditor independence: U.K. evidence [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of International Accounting, Auditing and Taxation, 1999
The reality and perception of auditor independence is fundamental to public confidence in financial reporting. A new Independence Standards Board was set up in the U.S.
Richard Brandt   +2 more
exaly   +2 more sources

UK investors’ perceptions of auditor independence [PDF]

open access: yesBritish Accounting Review, 2011
The auditor's role in society is that of validating the truth and fairness of financial statements. If owners of organisations doubt the auditor's independence, financial statements will lack credibility.
Dart, Eleanor, Eleanor Dart
exaly   +2 more sources

Auditor independence revisited: The effects of SOX on auditor independence

International Journal of Disclosure and Governance, 2008
Following a wave of accounting scandals, the Sarbanes–Oxley Act (SOX) was enacted on 30th July, 2002. The objective of the Act was to provide investors with better protection by establishing a new oversight board, improving corporate governance and internal controls, enhancing financial disclosure, and strengthening auditor independence.In this paper ...
Asokan Anandarajan   +2 more
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The auditor market and auditor independence

European Accounting Review, 2000
This article reviews recent changes in the business environment and considers how these impact upon auditing. It presents a view of the drivers of quality in auditing and assesses how these may be impacted by changes in the rules on the independence of auditors.
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Auditor Independence

Business and Professional Ethics Journal, 1991
Independence is widely considered to be one of the defining characteristics of the public accounting profession and an important aspect of the CPA's role in society (Loeb, 1978:136). As testament to its importance, independence is considered in the ethical codes of all associations of professional auditors and for decades has been the subject of both ...
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How Independent Are the Independent Auditors?

Financial Analysts Journal, 1979
(1979). How Independent Are the Independent Auditors? Financial Analysts Journal: Vol. 35, No. 6, pp. 76-78.
Steven E. Bolten, John H. Crockett
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Auditor independence

Professional standards require auditors to be independent in the performance of attestation services. Recently, the SEC and some private sector groups have expressed concern that pressure to maintain and develop business may erode an individual auditor's objectivity and independence when making audit judgments. The profession contends that although the
Paul M. Clikeman, Jamie Diaz
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