Assignment 5 1. List the different type of audits that public school districts undertake and describe each. (a) External Audits in general reviews the resources and operations of the school district. This type of audit is to ensure that there is compliance with the policies and provides a credible evaluation of the resources and operations. It is conducted by external certified auditors. There are 3 subcategories of audits that falls under external audits. The first being a financial compliance…
This study is based on conceptual framework from Donabedian (1966) McCkorkle et al. 2011. Mitchel, Ferketish and Jennings (1998) state: Donabedian 's perspective was essentially linear, assuming that structures affect processes, which in turn affect outcomes. Patient characteristics are sometimes considered as mediating outcomes and clinical interventions are considered to be processes” (Mitchel, Ferketish and Jennings, 1998). Per Grove, Burns and Gray (2013), the Design of this study is a…
For example, Congress passed the Sarbanes-Oxley Act that requires companies to look over their internal control and to take responsibility for their financial reports (Nobles, Mattison, Matsumura, & Horngren, 2014, p. 375). When it comes to the business side of receivables, businesses need to have solid internal control procedures, which may include: separation of duties, assigning responsibilities, and audits to make sure everyone is being ethical and…
report, while going over the numbers they discovered the hidden profit. PwC repeatedly told W. R. Grace that it was wrong, and mentioned it in their memos, but ultimately gave W. R. Grace a clean report, and signed it. Mr. Eatough the company 's, internal audit chief…
There are two different groups of participants in the study who were chosen for the study arbitrarily. The goal of the study was to find the best way to help students learn better. The researcher chose to use quizzes that were given on a weekly basis. Since the quizzes are only a very small part of the students ' final grade, it is more logical to conclude that the investigator would use the exams that were given to the students as a better measure of student learning than their marks on the…
Name: Sebastian Sak Lab Partners: Tim Gronet TA: Feifei Xu Determining Molar Enthalpy of Dehydration of Sodium Acetate Trihydrate Purpose: In this lab, two solid substances, sodium acetate and sodium acetate trihydrate, will be analyzed for the heat of solution for both processes. This allowed the calculation of the molar enthalpy of dehydration of sodium acetate trihydrate. Calorimetry was used to experimentally determine the heat of solution for both reactions. Procedure: This lab was…
integrity within the organization, three proposed strategies to promote the values and ethics at DU, and the merits of each. “Tone at the Top” Overview Setting the right “tone at the top” of an organization is essential to improve the effectiveness of internal…
Industry Analysis Porter’s five analyses are known as industry analysis. It is a framework for understanding the structure of an industry. The purpose of porter’s five analysis is to help to verify an industry’s weaknesses and strengths, position, direction of the company. There are industry rivalry, threat of substitute, bargaining power of buyers, bargaining power of supplies, and treat of new entrants. Industry Rivalry Industry rivalry is usually happens when there is a competitor example,…
but is unsure of what he/she wants, OCBC has a career navigator whereby it specifies the job attributes, learning and development, career path and career options in the functional role. Alternatively, he/she can also visit the HR intranet for the internal job posting careers available in the division to further their…
bookkeeping services for the client while doing an audit . This service impairs independence because of the self-review threat primarily. I do not believe that auditors should be generating the reports that they will audit as this limits the amount of internal controls the firm can implement which can lead to questionable situations. Another service the attest firms cannot provide a client who they already have that relationship with is actuarial services1. This falls in line with the advocacy…