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Increasing Client Fraud Risk Disclosure with Minimization Techniques 利用最小化技术增加客户欺诈风险披露
IF 2.5 4区 管理学 Q2 Business, Management and Accounting Pub Date : 2024-01-01 DOI: 10.2308/horizons-2022-122
Jared Eutsler, A. S. Fleming, D. K. Holderness, Megan M. Jones
Auditing standards require auditors to conduct fraud inquiries as part of their risk assessment process. During fraud inquiries, auditors frequently ask client personnel directly about “fraud, alleged fraud, or suspected fraud,” using standard language taken from AS 2110. However, guidance from the Center for Audit Quality (CAQ) suggests that avoiding the word “fraud” results in greater disclosure regarding fraud risk. Although untested, the CAQ’s conjecture is supported by literature in psychology and criminology, which suggests that minimizing the seriousness of the offense (i.e., minimization) increases disclosure. This study examines two minimization strategies. The first involves replacing the word “fraud” with “questionable behavior.” The second employs social comparison to increase the perceived frequency that clients report misconduct to auditors. Experimental results suggest that either strategy increases client reporting intentions relative to a control condition using the language prescribed by AS 2110. Our findings may help auditors conduct more effective fraud inquiries. Data Availability: Data are available from the authors. JEL Classifications: M42; M48.
审计准则要求审计师在风险评估过程中进行欺诈调查。在欺诈调查过程中,审计师经常使用《审计准则》第 2110 条中的标准语言,直接询问客户人员有关 "欺诈、涉嫌欺诈或疑似欺诈 "的情况。然而,审计质量中心(CAQ)的指导意见表明,避免使用 "欺诈 "一词会使欺诈风险得到更多披露。尽管没有经过验证,但心理学和犯罪学的文献支持 CAQ 的猜想,这些文献表明,将违法行为的严重性降到最低(即最小化)会增加披露。本研究考察了两种最小化策略。第一种是将 "欺诈 "一词替换为 "可疑行为"。第二种是通过社会比较来增加客户向审计师报告不当行为的频率。实验结果表明,与使用《审计准则》第 2110 条规定的语言的对照条件相比,这两种策略都能提高客户的报告意愿。我们的研究结果可能有助于审计师进行更有效的欺诈调查。数据提供:数据可向作者索取。JEL 分类:M42; M48.
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Black Chartered Accountants in Post-Apartheid South Africa: Global Implications for the Profession 种族隔离后南非的黑人特许会计师:对该行业的全球影响
IF 2.5 4区 管理学 Q2 Business, Management and Accounting Pub Date : 2024-01-01 DOI: 10.2308/horizons-2022-071
Sedzani Musundwa, Theresa A. Hammond
Although South Africa’s Apartheid system legally ended with the advent of democracy in 1994, by 2021 only 15 percent of chartered accountants were Black. This is despite the fact that 80 percent of the South African population is Black. We examine this underrepresentation through interviews with 22 Black South Africans who earned their chartered accountancy certification in the second decade of the 21st century. This study reveals the similarities and differences between the experiences of those we interviewed and those who initially broke into the profession in the 20th century (see Hammond, Clayton, and Arnold 2009). In both eras, entry to the field was constricted by professional closure. While the officially mandated educational and employment barriers that previous generations faced have been dismantled, Black aspirants continue to face immense barriers to entering the profession. Their experiences suggest ways forward in making the worldwide profession more diverse, equitable, and inclusive.
尽管南非的种族隔离制度随着 1994 年民主的到来而在法律上宣告结束,但到 2021 年,只有 15% 的注册会计师是黑人。尽管南非人口的 80% 是黑人,但这一比例仍然很低。我们通过采访 22 位在 21 世纪第二个十年获得特许会计师资格证书的南非黑人,研究了这种代表性不足的问题。这项研究揭示了我们所采访的人与 20 世纪最初进入这一行业的人的经历之间的异同(见 Hammond、Clayton 和 Arnold,2009 年)。在这两个时代,进入这一领域都受到专业封闭的限制。虽然前几代人面临的官方规定的教育和就业障碍已被拆除,但黑人有志者在进入这一行业时仍然面临巨大障碍。他们的经历提出了使世界范围内的专业更加多样化、公平和包容的前进方向。
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The Unintended Consequences of Audit Materiality Disclosures on Whistleblowing Intentions 审计重要性披露对举报意向的意外后果
IF 2.5 4区 管理学 Q2 Business, Management and Accounting Pub Date : 2024-01-01 DOI: 10.2308/horizons-2022-198
Mackenzie M. Festa, D. K. Holderness, Megan M. Jones, Richard A. Riley
Within the accounting profession, there exists disagreement about the merits of disclosing auditors’ materiality thresholds. Professional standards require materiality threshold disclosures in the United Kingdom and The Netherlands but not in the United States. Additionally, some audit firms, like PwC-Finland and PwC-Sweden, elect to disclose materiality voluntarily. Although disclosing materiality has been shown to benefit investor decision-making, prior research also suggests that client personnel may take advantage of the information to engage in earnings manipulations below the materiality threshold. We contribute to this debate by examining the influence of materiality disclosures on employee whistleblowing intentions. We conduct an experiment wherein we manipulate materiality threshold disclosure (absent or present) and earnings manipulation amount (above or below materiality). We find evidence that the disclosure of the materiality threshold significantly decreases whistleblowing intentions when earnings manipulation falls below materiality and has no effect on whistleblowing intentions for above-materiality earnings manipulation. Data Availability: The data are available from the authors.
在会计行业内部,对披露审计师重要性阈值的利弊存在分歧。英国和荷兰的专业标准要求披露重要性阈值,但美国没有。此外,一些审计事务所,如芬兰普华永道和瑞典普华永道,选择自愿披露重要性。虽然披露重要性已被证明有利于投资者的决策,但先前的研究也表明,客户人员可能会利用这些信息在重要性阈值以下进行盈利操纵。我们通过研究重要性披露对员工举报意图的影响,为这一争论做出了贡献。我们进行了一项实验,操纵重要性阈值披露(不存在或存在)和收益操纵金额(高于或低于重要性)。我们发现的证据表明,当盈利操纵低于重要性时,披露重要性阈值会显著降低举报意愿,而当盈利操纵高于重要性时,披露重要性阈值对举报意愿没有影响。数据可用性:数据可从作者处获得。
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What Does the Auditor Say? Auditors’ Disclosures of Critical Audit Matters and Audit Fees 审计师怎么说?审计师对关键审计事项和审计费用的披露
IF 2.5 4区 管理学 Q2 Business, Management and Accounting Pub Date : 2023-11-01 DOI: 10.2308/horizons-2022-125
Jeff Zeyun Chen, Karen K. Nelson, Yanyan Wang, Lisheng Yu
We examine whether critical audit matter (CAM) disclosures contain information about material misstatement risks that is priced in audit fees. We find that textual features of auditors’ risk descriptions and the types of risks identified capture fee-relevant information. Further, the results are incremental to other determinants of audit fees considered in prior research and to managements’ disclosures in the related notes to the financial statements. Overall, we provide evidence that auditors’ perceptions of audit risks revealed in the newly expanded audit opinion capture information relevant for understanding audit pricing decisions. Data Availability: All data are publicly available from the sources identified in the paper. JEL Classifications: M41; M42; M48.
我们研究了关键审计事项(CAM)披露是否包含审计费用定价的重大错报风险信息。我们发现,审计师风险描述的文本特征和确定的风险类型捕捉到了与费用相关的信息。此外,这些结果与之前研究中考虑的其他审计费用决定因素以及管理层在财务报表相关附注中披露的信息相辅相成。总之,我们提供的证据表明,审计师在新扩展的审计意见中揭示的审计风险认知捕捉到了与理解审计定价决策相关的信息。 数据可用性:所有数据均可从本文确定的来源公开获取。 JEL 分类:M41; M42; M48.
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Customer Analytics in Performance Measurement and Reporting Systems 绩效衡量和报告系统中的客户分析
IF 2.5 4区 管理学 Q2 Business, Management and Accounting Pub Date : 2023-11-01 DOI: 10.2308/horizons-2021-016
M. Bonacchi, P. Perego
This study examines how firms deploy customer analytics in their performance measurement and reporting systems. Firstly, we synthesize insights from the literature on customer analytics in accounting and marketing and conduct interviews with experts in the field. We then present the results of an online survey conducted among a sample of subscription-based firms known for their early adoption of customer analytics. Our findings reveal that the use of customer analytics varies significantly by metric type, with traditional indicators (e.g., number of customers) showing higher levels of integration compared with more advanced metrics, such as customer lifetime value and customer equity. The extent of adoption in performance measurement and reporting systems appears to depend on the ability of a firm to fit customer analytics into its organizational architecture. We conclude by identifying research avenues reflecting current trends that will likely shape the emerging literature on customer analytics.
本研究探讨了企业如何在其绩效衡量和报告系统中部署客户分析。首先,我们综合了有关会计和营销领域客户分析的文献,并对该领域的专家进行了访谈。然后,我们对较早采用客户分析的订阅型企业进行了在线抽样调查,并展示了调查结果。我们的研究结果表明,客户分析技术的使用因指标类型的不同而有很大差异,传统指标(如客户数量)与更先进的指标(如客户终身价值和客户权益)相比,显示出更高的整合水平。绩效衡量和报告系统的采用程度似乎取决于企业将客户分析融入其组织架构的能力。最后,我们确定了反映当前趋势的研究方向,这些趋势可能会影响有关客户分析的新兴文献。
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Perceived Organizational Inclusion: Evidence from Neurodivergent Accountants in the U.S. 感知到的组织包容性:来自美国神经差异会计师的证据
IF 2.5 4区 管理学 Q2 Business, Management and Accounting Pub Date : 2023-11-01 DOI: 10.2308/horizons-2022-082
Loreal Jiles, Qi Duong, Roopa Venkatesh
To address talent attraction and retention challenges with respect to diverse talent in the accounting profession, this study examines the intersection of neurodiversity and the accounting employment experience. Through interviews and online questionnaires of neurodivergent accountants in the U.S., we found a general lack of perceived organizational inclusion among neurodivergent accountants in our study, evidence supporting the existence of a positive impact of perceived organizational inclusion on individuals’ perceptions of their job performance, and key antecedents to perceived organizational inclusion. We report the lived experiences of neurodivergent accountants by amplifying their voices through presentation of oral histories and 37 actionable practices informing future strategies for organizations and leaders in practice. JEL Classifications: M14.
为了解决会计行业在吸引和留住多元化人才方面所面临的挑战,本研究探讨了神经多样性与会计就业体验之间的交集。通过对美国神经变异会计师的访谈和在线问卷调查,我们发现在我们的研究中,神经变异会计师普遍缺乏组织包容性感知,有证据支持组织包容性感知对个人工作绩效感知的积极影响,以及组织包容性感知的关键前因。我们通过口述历史和 37 项可操作的实践,报告了神经变异会计师的生活经历,为组织和领导者在实践中的未来战略提供了参考。 JEL 分类:M14.
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Can Thinking about Alternative Explanations Promote Professional Skepticism? 思考替代性解释能否促进专业怀疑论?
IF 2.5 4区 管理学 Q2 Business, Management and Accounting Pub Date : 2023-11-01 DOI: 10.2308/horizons-2021-092
A. Rose, Jacob M. Rose, Kristian Rotaru, Ikseon Suh, Jay Thibodeau, Axel Schulz
We conduct an experiment with practicing Big 4 audit seniors and demonstrate that generating counterexplanations for an event in an unrelated task prior to completing audit planning tasks activates a counterfactual mindset that enhances auditors’ professional skepticism. This approach to activating professional skepticism can be implemented without auditor training and can be deployed across many different audit tasks. Overall, the experiment indicates that activation of a counterfactual mindset has significant potential to enhance audit quality.
我们以四大会计师事务所的执业审计前辈为对象进行了一项实验,证明在完成审计计划任务之前,在无关的任务中对某一事件进行反解释,可以激活反事实思维,从而提高审计师的职业怀疑态度。这种激活专业怀疑态度的方法无需对审计人员进行培训即可实施,并可应用于许多不同的审计任务中。总之,该实验表明,激活反事实思维在提高审计质量方面具有巨大潜力。
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Auditors’ Remote Work Experiences during the Early Days of the COVID-19 Pandemic and Implications Going Forward 审计员在 COVID-19 大流行初期的远程工作经历及对未来的影响
IF 2.5 4区 管理学 Q2 Business, Management and Accounting Pub Date : 2023-11-01 DOI: 10.2308/horizons-2022-140
J. G. Jenkins, Tina M. Loraas, Jonathan D. Stanley
We document auditors’ remote work experiences during the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic. We surveyed U.S. auditors to explore their communications with engagement team members and clients and to understand the perceived benefits and challenges of working remotely. Our findings reveal that not all auditors fared equally during remote work. We find that remote work did not generally diminish the initiation or frequency of communication with clients or audit team members (including socially oriented communication); however, the effectiveness of communication with colleagues and/or clients was the most frequently cited challenge. Clients were perceived as being less cooperative and responsive to information requests (especially by less experienced auditors). On the other hand, remote work did provide benefits including no commute, enhanced work/life balance (especially for more experienced auditors), and greater schedule flexibility. We discuss implications of our results as firms continue allowing auditors to work remotely and under hybrid arrangements.
我们记录了审计师在 COVID-19 大流行初期的远程工作经历。我们对美国审计师进行了调查,以了解他们与业务团队成员和客户的沟通情况,并了解他们对远程工作的好处和挑战的看法。我们的调查结果显示,并非所有审计师在远程工作中都表现出色。我们发现,远程工作一般不会减少与客户或审计团队成员沟通的启动或频率(包括社交性沟通);然而,与同事和/或客户沟通的有效性是最常被提及的挑战。客户(尤其是经验较少的审计师)认为他们不太合作,对信息要求的回应也不太积极。另一方面,远程工作确实带来了好处,包括无需通勤、提高工作/生活平衡(尤其是对经验丰富的审计师而言),以及更大的时间安排灵活性。我们讨论了我们的结果对公司继续允许审计师远程工作和混合安排工作的影响。
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Diversity and the Evaluation of Talent in the Accounting Profession: The Enigma of Merit 会计行业的多样性与人才评价:功绩之谜
IF 2.5 4区 管理学 Q2 Business, Management and Accounting Pub Date : 2023-11-01 DOI: 10.2308/horizons-2022-103
F. Anderson-Gough, C. Edgley, Keith Robson, Nina Sharma
While accounting firms are facing recruitment and retention problems, regulatory bodies are calling for efforts to improve diversity to be more effective, especially at senior levels. In this paper, we discuss “merit” and assumptions about “meritocracy” in processes of performance evaluation and career progression. Based on interviews in medium and large professional services firms in the United Kingdom, we explore how the language/practices of merit can inhibit moves to improving diversity. Merit has two aspects: “technical” notions of core competencies associated with merit and cultural notions of social fit, which have the effect of favoring the progression of the elite groups embedded within firms. The latter creates a loop in understanding merit, enacted within firm culture over time, that is difficult to disrupt. As such, efforts to improve diversity are unlikely to bring about change without considering how organizational beliefs about merit have unintended consequences.
在会计师事务所面临招聘和留住人才问题的同时,监管机构也在呼吁提高多样性的工作要更加有效,尤其是在高级职位上。在本文中,我们将讨论绩效评估和职业发展过程中的 "绩优 "和关于 "任人唯贤 "的假设。根据对英国大中型专业服务公司的访谈,我们探讨了 "择优 "的语言/做法如何阻碍改善多元化的举措。绩优有两个方面:与绩优相关的核心能力的 "技术 "概念和社会适应性的文化概念,这两种概念都有利于公司内部精英群体的发展。后者形成了一个理解绩优的循环,随着时间的推移在企业文化中形成,很难打破。因此,如果不考虑组织中关于 "优点 "的观念如何产生意想不到的后果,改善多样性的努力就不可能带来变革。
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Length of IPO Prospectus and Individual Investors’ Demand for IPO Shares IPO招股说明书长度与个人投资者对IPO股份的需求
4区 管理学 Q2 Business, Management and Accounting Pub Date : 2023-10-01 DOI: 10.2308/horizons-2021-024
Meeok Cho, Sunhwa Choi, Sehee Kim, Woo-Jong Lee
SYNOPSIS Prior studies on readability suggest that lengthy corporate reports are difficult to process and may discourage investors’ capital market participation. However, longer reports that contain additional information may actually benefit individual investors, who typically rely on public information. Using a regulatory change that requires firms to disclose additional items in the IPO prospectus, we find that the new regulation increased individual investors’ demand for IPO stocks with longer prospectuses. These results suggest that lengthy reports do not always reduce investor demand, highlighting a potential trade-off between the costs and benefits of longer corporate reports. Data Availability: All data are publicly available from the sources identified in the text. JEL Classification: G18; M41; M48.
先前关于可读性的研究表明,冗长的公司报告难以处理,可能会阻碍投资者参与资本市场。然而,包含额外信息的较长报告实际上可能对个人投资者有利,因为他们通常依赖于公开信息。通过对要求公司在IPO招股说明书中披露更多内容的监管变化,我们发现新监管增加了个人投资者对招股说明书较长的IPO股票的需求。这些结果表明,冗长的报告并不总是减少投资者的需求,这突出了较长的公司报告的成本和收益之间的潜在权衡。数据可用性:所有数据均可从文本中确定的来源公开获得。JEL分类:G18;M41;M48。
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