Essays about: "AUDIT COMMITTEE thesis"

Showing result 6 - 9 of 9 essays containing the words AUDIT COMMITTEE thesis.

  1. 6. Audit Quality from a Client Company Perspective -Drivers of audit quality and the effects of a voluntary audit firm rotation

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Sara Hagman Mendonca; Linda Persson; [2014-06-26]
    Keywords : Audit quality; audit firm rotation; auditor independence; mandatory audit firm rotation;

    Abstract : Background and Problem: Auditing failures in the last decades have sparked a discussion regarding audit quality, which has resulted in a new EU requirement regarding mandatory audit firm rotation. The discussion has been obstructed by the lack of a standard definition of audit quality. READ MORE

  2. 7. Internal audit in Lithuanian commercial banks : an important part of corporate governance or just another department? 

    University essay from Företagsekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Kristina Karmanova; [2013]
    Keywords : Internal audit; Audit committee; Management; Independence; Objectivity; Lithuania; Commercial banks.;

    Abstract : Purpose: the purpose of the thesis is to find out how Lithuanian commercial banks position their internal audit function within their organizational structure to overcome the tension of working with the management and keeping the distance to be able to report on them at the same time; and is internal audit function considered as one of the cornerstones of corporate governance. Moreover, comparison of banks is made to inspect any patterns, differences and similarities concerning the origin of the capital. READ MORE

  3. 8. Determinants of audit fees for Swedish listed non-financial firms in NASDAQ OMX Stockholm

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Dinh Ha Thu Vu; [2012]
    Keywords : Audit fees; audit independence; auditee risk; auditee size; audit committee; audit; auditee complexity; Big4.; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : Purpose: The purpose of this thesis is to define factors which influence audit fees. Methodology: I have used the deductive approach to find out the results. Theoretical perspectives: I have used factors found in previous studies to discuss about and build my own hypotheses. READ MORE

  4. 9. Assessment of SOX implementation : from an Internal Audit perspective

    University essay from Blekinge Tekniska Högskola/Sektionen för management

    Author : Linda Palmer; [2007]
    Keywords : Accelerated and Non-Accelerated Filer; Audit Committee; Governance; Internal Audit; Internal Controls; PCAOB; Risks; Senior Management; SOX.;

    Abstract : Abstract Title: “Assessment of SOX – from an Internal Audit perspective” Author: Linda M Palmer Supervisor: Britt Aronsson Institution: School of Management, Blekinge Institute of Technology Course: Master Thesis in Business Administration, 10 credits Purpose: The purpose of this thesis has been to assess the workload, benefits, challenges, requirements and obligations that implementation of the Sarbanes Oxley Act of 2002 (“SOX”) has posed on Internal Auditors and their companies, from Internal Audits’ point of view. The analysis also compares one accelerated filer and one non-accelerated filer to understand difference and similarities between different sized companies in the initial SOX compliance and implementation phase (documentation, risk analysis, gap identification & remediation and testing). READ MORE