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Evaluating Blockchain Using COSO 使用COSO评估区块链
IF 0.8 Q4 BUSINESS, FINANCE Pub Date : 2021-03-01 DOI: 10.2308/ciia-2019-509
N. Vincent, R. Barkhi
As companies begin to explore and develop technology solutions based on blockchain and smart contracts, there is a need to understand the impact of blockchain and smart contracts on the assessment of internal controls and enterprise risk. Especially since the distributed ledger and smart contracts blur the system boundaries between trading partners, there is a need to understand whether internal control assessments based on a single company approach is adequate in an integrated and collaborative environment. This paper provides an overview of smart contracts for practitioners and describes the associated risks of engaging in a blockchain consortium. We also list potential questions related to internal controls that may be considered when either engaging in a consortium or executing a smart contract. We then discuss whether current frameworks, specifically the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations' (COSO) integrated and COSO's Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) frameworks, adequately address a collaborative supply chain ecosystem.
随着公司开始探索和开发基于区块链和智能合约的技术解决方案,有必要了解区块链和智能合约对内部控制和企业风险评估的影响。特别是由于分布式账本和智能合约模糊了贸易伙伴之间的系统边界,因此有必要了解基于单一公司方法的内部控制评估在集成和协作环境中是否足够。本文为从业者提供了智能合约的概述,并描述了参与区块链联盟的相关风险。我们还列出了在参与财团或执行智能合约时可能考虑的与内部控制相关的潜在问题。然后,我们讨论当前的框架,特别是赞助组织委员会(COSO)集成和COSO的企业风险管理(ERM)框架,是否充分解决了协作供应链生态系统。
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引用次数: 7
Do the Benefits of Small Issuer SOX 404(b) Exemptions Outweigh the Costs? 小型发行人SOX 404(b)豁免的好处大于成本吗?
IF 0.8 Q4 BUSINESS, FINANCE Pub Date : 2021-01-22 DOI: 10.2308/CIIA-2020-026
Amanda M. Convery, Carolyn B. Levine
Responding to complaints that small issuers have disproportionately high costs that exceed the benefits of internal control attestation, the SEC has expanded size-based exemptions to SOX 404(b) since its initial adoption. Recent changes to the exemption criteria have rekindled the debate over the value of the SOX 404(b) requirement. This paper summarizes the model presented in Levine (2009), describes conditions for overauditing, and suggests solutions for practitioners, their clients, and regulators.
针对小型发行人的成本过高,超过了内部控制认证的好处的投诉,美国证券交易委员会自最初采用SOX 404(b)以来,已将基于规模的豁免扩大到SOX 404(b)。最近对豁免标准的修改重新点燃了关于SOX 404(b)要求价值的争论。本文总结了Levine(2009)提出的模型,描述了过度审计的条件,并为从业者、他们的客户和监管机构提出了解决方案。
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引用次数: 1
How to Reduce the Cybersecurity Breach Contagion Effect 如何减少网络安全漏洞的传染效应
IF 0.8 Q4 BUSINESS, FINANCE Pub Date : 2021-01-12 DOI: 10.2308/CIIA-2020-025
A. Kelton
This article discusses a recent study titled “Do voluntary disclosures mitigate the cybersecurity beach contagion effect?” (Kelton and Pennington 2020). The study finds voluntary cybersecurity disclosures can provide firms protection from contagion effects, a phenomenon where the negative impact of a cybersecurity breach at an industry peer firm spills over to other bystander firms in the same industry. This article offers practical implications of the study for financial reporting executives, boards of directors, and auditors.
本文讨论了最近一项名为“自愿披露是否会减轻网络安全海滩传染效应?”(Kelton and Pennington 2020)。研究发现,自愿披露网络安全信息可以为企业提供保护,使其免受传染效应的影响。传染效应是一种现象,即行业同行企业网络安全漏洞的负面影响会蔓延到同行业的其他旁观者企业。本文为财务报告主管、董事会和审计师提供了研究的实际意义。
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引用次数: 1
Practitioner Summary: The Value of Assurance and Ethics in Difficult Times: Corporate Social Responsibility Disclosures and Investor Decisions 从业者总结:在困难时期保证和道德的价值:企业社会责任披露和投资者决策
IF 0.8 Q4 BUSINESS, FINANCE Pub Date : 2020-11-04 DOI: 10.2308/ciia-2020-012
Andrew C. Stuart, J. Bedard, Cynthia E. Clark
Corporate social responsibility (CSR) assurance rates continue to lag behind corporate reporting of CSR activity (Blasco and King 2017), suggesting managers question whether the benefits of purchasing assurance outweigh the costs. This article summarizes a recent study by Stuart, Bedard, and Clark (2020) investigating the value of CSR assurance when a company experiences a negative event by examining how prior disclosure of management’s CSR intentions, and the decision to purchase independent assurance, influence investors’ judgments. Findings suggest investors react more favorably to management’s intention to engage in activities that increase expected future financial returns when economic times are good. In contrast, in difficult times investor preference shifts to management’s intent for activities done solely for social good as a signal of ethical culture. However, this preference disappears when disclosures are assured. Findings suggest the decision to purchase CSR assurance plays an important role in signaling management’s ethical culture.
企业社会责任(CSR)保证率继续落后于企业对CSR活动的报告(Blasco和King 2017),这表明管理者质疑购买保证的好处是否大于成本。本文总结了Stuart、Bedard和Clark(2020)最近的一项研究,该研究通过考察管理层的企业社会责任意图的事先披露和购买独立保险的决定如何影响投资者的判断,调查了当公司经历负面事件时,企业社会责任保证的价值。调查结果表明,投资者对管理层在经济形势良好时参与提高预期未来财务回报的活动的意图反应更为积极。相比之下,在困难时期,投资者的偏好转向了管理层对仅为社会公益而开展的活动的意图,这是道德文化的信号。然而,当披露得到保证时,这种偏好就会消失。研究结果表明,购买企业社会责任保险的决定在传达管理层的道德文化方面发挥着重要作用。
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引用次数: 1
Planning for Substantive Testing at the Assertion Level: A Training Activity and Mini Case 断言级别的实质性测试计划:一个培训活动和迷你案例
IF 0.8 Q4 BUSINESS, FINANCE Pub Date : 2020-11-04 DOI: 10.2308/ciia-2020-003
Janice E. Rummell, A. Weickgenannt
This two-part educational resource was developed to enhance students' understanding of a key aspect of the audit guidance concerning financial statement audit planning for substantive testing at the assertion level. Assuming the role of audit associates at a CPA firm, students first engage in a training activity in which they deconstruct substantive audit tasks into significant financial statement accounts, management assertions, and types of audit procedures related to each task. Then, students consider inherent risk factors for a client engagement in a mini case and apply relevant accounts, management assertions, and detailed substantive audit procedures. These resources are easy to implement and require little advanced preparation, yet they provide a rich instructional resource for either new or experienced auditing faculty. Assessment results and student survey responses reveal the effectiveness of these resources in promoting students' comprehension of the critical role of management assertions in the audit planning process.
这个由两部分组成的教育资源的开发是为了提高学生对审计指南的一个关键方面的理解,该审计指南涉及财务报表在断言层面的实质性测试的审计计划。假设在一家注册会计师事务所担任审计助理的角色,学生首先要参与一项培训活动,在该活动中,他们将实质性审计任务分解为重要的财务报表账户、管理断言以及与每个任务相关的审计程序类型。然后,学生在一个小型案例中考虑客户参与的内在风险因素,并应用相关的账目、管理层断言和详细的实质性审计程序。这些资源易于实现,几乎不需要高级准备,但它们为新的或有经验的审计人员提供了丰富的指导资源。评估结果和学生调查反馈揭示了这些资源在促进学生理解管理断言在审计计划过程中的关键作用方面的有效性。
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引用次数: 2
The Role of Communication Mode in Auditor-Client Interactions: Insights from Staff Auditors 沟通模式在审计师与客户互动中的作用——来自审计人员的启示
IF 0.8 Q4 BUSINESS, FINANCE Pub Date : 2020-09-10 DOI: 10.2308/ciia-2020-007
Melissa Carlisle, E. Hamilton
Research suggests that staff auditors are more comfortable interacting with client personnel through email than face-to-face and that this choice of communication mode has the potential to impact audit outcomes. However, very little is known about how staff auditors choose a communication mode and its effects on their client interactions. Therefore, we present survey-based evidence that the majority of staff auditors prefer to interact with the client face-to-face but use face-to-face and email relatively equally. Auditors who primarily email the client place less value on client connection, and those who prefer email report feeling more communication anxieties related to the client. Importantly, the use of face-to-face communication is associated with more positive and productive client interactions. Firms can use the results of our study to understand the factors influencing staff auditors' preference for and use of different communication modes and its effect on audit outcomes, particularly as remote work increases.
研究表明,与面对面交流相比,员工审计人员更愿意通过电子邮件与客户人员进行互动,这种沟通模式的选择有可能影响审计结果。然而,对于审计人员如何选择沟通模式及其对客户互动的影响知之甚少。因此,我们提出了基于调查的证据,表明大多数员工审计师更喜欢与客户面对面交流,但面对面和电子邮件的使用相对平等。主要通过电子邮件与客户沟通的审计师不太重视与客户的联系,而那些更喜欢通过电子邮件与客户沟通的审计师则感到更多的沟通焦虑。重要的是,面对面交流的使用与更积极和富有成效的客户互动有关。公司可以利用我们的研究结果来了解影响员工审计人员对不同沟通模式的偏好和使用的因素及其对审计结果的影响,特别是随着远程工作的增加。
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引用次数: 2
Factors Affecting the Outcomes of Legal Claims against Auditors 影响审计人员法律索赔结果的因素
IF 0.8 Q4 BUSINESS, FINANCE Pub Date : 2020-09-02 DOI: 10.2308/ciia-2020-023
Karen J. De Meyst, D. Lowe, Mark E. Peecher, Jeffrey S. Pickerd, Andrew Reffett
Maksymov, Pickerd, Lowe, Peecher, and Reffett (2020b) draw insights based on interviews with 27 prominent audit litigation attorneys about the factors affecting the initiation of legal claims against auditors and how such factors affect settlement outcomes. We summarize their key findings and discuss important implications for audit practitioners. Specifically, we focus on the key factors that affect plaintiff attorneys’ willingness to pursue legal claims against auditors, including the merits of the claim, size of alleged economic damages, auditors’ ability to pay, and the expected cost to pursue the claim. We also discuss the reasons why most audit disputes settle (as opposed to resolving at trial) and the factors affecting settlement outcomes. We hope the insights provided enhance audit practitioners’ understanding of litigation and the settlement process to allow them to manage claims in a less intimidated and ultimately more strategic manner.
Maksymov、Pickerd、Lowe、Peecher和Reffett (2020b)通过对27位著名审计诉讼律师的采访,得出了影响对审计师提起法律诉讼的因素以及这些因素如何影响和解结果的见解。我们总结了他们的主要发现,并讨论了对审计从业人员的重要影响。具体而言,我们关注的是影响原告律师对审计师提起法律索赔意愿的关键因素,包括索赔的价值、所谓经济损失的规模、审计师的支付能力以及追究索赔的预期成本。我们还讨论了大多数审计纠纷解决(而不是在审判中解决)的原因以及影响解决结果的因素。我们希望所提供的见解能够增强审计从业人员对诉讼和和解程序的理解,使他们能够以一种不那么害怕、最终更具战略意义的方式管理索赔。
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引用次数: 0
Fostering Intrinsic Motivational Orientation: A Cost-Effective Method for Encouraging Audit Staff to Speak Up 培养内在动机导向:激励审计人员敢于发声的成本效益方法
IF 0.8 Q4 BUSINESS, FINANCE Pub Date : 2020-09-01 DOI: 10.2308/ciia-2020-002
Robert P. Mocadlo, J. Rich, Madeline Trimble, Yuepin (Daniel) Zhou
This article summarizes and outlines practical implications from the findings of “It Goes Without Saying: The Effects of Intrinsic Motivational Orientation, Leadership Emphasis of Intrinsic Goals, and Audit Issue Ambiguity on Speaking Up” (Kadous, Proell, Rich, and Zhou 2019). Through a series of experiments and surveys, the initial paper tests the effect that leadership focus on intrinsic motivation of auditors can have on their willingness to “speak up” with audit issues. Furthermore, they introduce the effects that ambiguity and source of motivation have on their initial findings. We expand this original work by summarizing the empirical findings and elaborating on the practical implications for auditors, managers, academics, and regulators. Applying these findings in practice could be a cost effective and efficient way to operationalize PCAOB AS 1201 and improve audit quality.
本文总结并概述了《不言而喻:内在动机取向、内在目标的领导强调和审计问题歧义对直言不讳的影响》(Kadous,Proell,Rich,and Zhou 2019)的研究结果的实际意义。通过一系列实验和调查,最初的论文测试了领导层对审计师内在动机的关注对他们“畅所欲言”审计问题的意愿的影响。此外,他们还介绍了歧义和动机来源对他们最初发现的影响。我们通过总结经验发现并阐述对审计师、管理者、学者和监管机构的实际影响来扩展这项原始工作。在实践中应用这些发现可能是实施PCAOB AS 1201和提高审计质量的一种成本效益和高效的方式。
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Systems-Thinking in Complex Audit Situations 复杂审计环境下的系统思维
IF 0.8 Q4 BUSINESS, FINANCE Pub Date : 2020-09-01 DOI: 10.2308/ciia-19-017
Billy E. Brewster, Anthony C. Bucaro
This article summarizes three academic studies (Brewster 2011; Brewster 2016; Bucaro 2019) that investigate the effects of a specific form of critical thinking, systems-thinking, on audit judgments. Systems-thinking emphasizes taking a holistic “big picture” perspective and understanding how parts of complex processes interact and function. Collectively, the three studies find that systems-thinking can lead to auditors better understanding the risk of material misstatement through improved risk assessment and information processing. Ultimately, these improvements in critical thinking also increase the likelihood of identifying incorrect management explanations and incorporation of comprehensive information into audit decisions. Importantly, these studies find that systems-thinking can be instilled through short tutorial sessions, which may be embedded directly into the audit process.
本文总结了三项学术研究(Brewster 2011;布儒斯特2016;Bucaro 2019),研究了一种特定形式的批判性思维(系统思维)对审计判断的影响。系统思维强调采取整体的“大局”观点,理解复杂过程的各个部分是如何相互作用和发挥作用的。总的来说,这三项研究发现,通过改进风险评估和信息处理,系统思维可以使审计师更好地理解重大错报的风险。最终,这些批判性思维的改进也增加了识别不正确的管理解释和将综合信息纳入审计决策的可能性。重要的是,这些研究发现,系统思维可以通过短期辅导课程逐渐灌输,这可能直接嵌入到审计过程中。
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Audit Quality and Disclosures of Less-Experienced Participating Audit Firms in PCAOB Filings PCAOB文件中经验不足的审计事务所的审计质量和信息披露
IF 0.8 Q4 BUSINESS, FINANCE Pub Date : 2020-09-01 DOI: 10.2308/ciia-19-002
C. Dee, Ayalew Lulseged, Tianming Zhang
In “Who Did the Audit? Audit Quality and Disclosures of Other Audit Participants in PCAOB Filings” (Dee, Lulseged and Zhang 2015), we examine quality for issuer audits disclosed as involving less-experienced “participating auditors”. We find that market prices of these issuers reacted negatively at the time of disclosure, and investors’ valuations of their post-disclosure quarterly earnings declined; investors have greater uncertainty in the numbers reported. In addition, the quality of the reported earnings is lower. However, we do not see a subsequent increase in audit fees which suggests clients don’t increase demands for higher quality to counteract the uncertainty in investors’ perceptions of audit quality. Since our sample is limited to less-experienced participating auditors, the results are not readily generalizable to the universe of participating auditors. We suggest research using Form AP data explore if our findings are generalizable to issuer audits involving the wider population of participating auditors. D ow naded rom hp://m eridianenpress.com /cia/articf/doi/10.2308/C IIA-19-002/2/ciia-ciia-19-002.pdf by gest on 25 Sptem er 2020
在“谁进行了审计?PCAOB备案中其他审计参与者的审计质量和披露”(Dee,Lulseged和Zhang,2015)中,我们检查了被披露为涉及经验不足的“参与审计师”的发行人审计的质量。我们发现,这些发行人在披露时的市场价格反应消极,投资者对其披露后季度收益的估值下降;投资者对公布的数字有更大的不确定性。此外,报告收益的质量较低。然而,我们没有看到随后审计费用的增加,这表明客户不会增加对更高质量的要求,以抵消投资者对审计质量看法的不确定性。由于我们的样本仅限于经验较少的参与审计师,因此结果不容易推广到参与审计师的范围内。我们建议使用Form AP数据进行研究,探讨我们的发现是否可推广到涉及更广泛参与审计师的发行人审计。D ow naded from hp://m eridianenpress.com/cia/articlef/doi/10.2308/C IIA-19-002/ciia-ciia-19-002.pdf by gest on 25 Sptemer 2020
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