Automated external defibrillator

Independence is a critical element CPA’s must consider while completing auditing services for clients. The importance stems from the basic purpose of auditing. To provide an expression of opinion on the fairness of the presentation of the financial statement requires the auditor to be independent both in fact and in appearance. In terms of independence in fact, an auditor should not own stock in the company which he or she is auditing. If the auditor recognizes that the company did not have a…

Evidentiary privileges shall be governed by the principles of the common law in the light of reason and experience. It is aimed to encourage full and frank communication between attorneys and their clients to promote public interest in the observance of law and administration of justice. Attorney-Client Privilege It is the Client’s right privilege to refuse to disclose or prevent others from disclosing confidential communications between the client and the attorney. Here, Carolyn (C) hires…

1. Introduction The auditor 's report is one of the crucial means by which the auditor provides a judgement and acceptable assurance on the financial statement to investors and other users of financial statements, which has not changed much since the 1940s. To correspond to the size and complexity of markets that have greatly increased in the past seventy years, and to attract a greater percentage of households to invest in the stock market, a new auditing standard and related amendments to…

Today, many non-profit organizations mistakenly assumed that their employees and volunteers wouldn’t steal from them. Several organizations have been misguided in setting up controls with regards to safeguarding funds. Many non-profit organizations become breeding ground of fraudulent activities because of this lax control (Yetman, 2008) Implementing and monitoring good internal control management will help to guarantee that nonprofit organization reach their objectives, for example by providing…

Out-of-state offenses are automatically applied to customer records in STARS based on the AAMVA Code Dictionary (ACD) code entered. However, no control exists to ensure that the correct offense and point value are recorded when processing with ACD codes. A review of ACD descriptions and point values compared to Indiana offenses resulted in the following errors: • 8 of 386 (2%) of the partnered ACD offense descriptions did not match the description of the Indiana offense they were tied to • 14…

What do you think is causing Braddock's problem? I believe the underlying problem lies with Braddock’s new metal supplier. Ms. McCarthy believes that one of her employees, Shorty McCune is behind the incidents but I don’t believe so. Her concerns about McCune are only stipulations. If Shorty McCune was in fact drinking on the job, then that should be handled. Braddock’s problem is product quality control when it comes to inventory. Efficient product quality control was not present when Braddock…

Here are the compliance concerns/questions that I think we need to investigate (You may have already done this): How did anyone know of Ms. Preston’s compliance link? Does the sales person on the account have a history of compliance issues? Who wrote the letter? The client or the Sales Rep.? Did Jeanne forward you the letter from the client? Who are the BRLI players invovlved? My questions for each BRLI employee involved would be (including Gail Colon): Confidentialy --Did you ever…

Executive Summary This report examines the Role of the Auditor General in Canada. The Auditor General of Canada is Michael Ferguson and serves Parliament. The Auditor General and the Office of the Auditor General (OAG) perform legislative audits, which include: financial audits, performance audits and special examinations. The OAG audits the federal government, crown corporations and territorial governments. Within the OAG is the Commissioner of Environmental and Sustainable Development. The…

As the youngest of five, and of those siblings, three are brothers, I can relate to Sally from the chapter 14, Busybodies and Other Fact Tattlers. I always enjoyed tattling on my older brothers, no matter what it was. From the Focus on the Family story, I believe stating that whether Sally had the right intentions of tattling or not was a fantastic point to bring up. Looking back to why I tattled was more for the reasons of making myself look superior to my parents, or in some cases, because…

Part C. Monitoring, Auditing, Reporting Excellent management requires an organization to recognize that their ethics and compliance guidelines affect every decision and activities of the company. Therefore, it will guide the train of thought and action that will help develop the culture of the business in a subtle manner. An important factor for an ethics and compliance program is to include processes to measure its performance. The following will explain the processes AlphaTech will use to…