You are an audit supervisor assigned to a new client, Go-Go Corporation, which is listed on the New York Stock Exchange. You visited Go-Go’s corporate headquarters



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auditors.

PROBLEM: The internal audit function is not organizationally independent of the accounting and finance functions.

SOLUTION: Organization structure and board of director requirements dictates that internal audit should report directly to the audit committee of the board of directors rather than the financial vice president. e.
You noted that all management authority seems to reside with three brothers,
who serve as chief executive officer, president, and financial vice president.

PROBLEM: The dominance of an organization's management by one or a few individuals is an aspect of management's philosophy and operating style that might indicate a problem with the internal environment, in that there maybe a potential for this small group to override the internal control system. Just because a family is run by family members does not indicate there is a problem such as

fraud – but it does make it easier to commit and that should betake into consideration.


SOLUTION: It is important to evaluate carefully this situation to determine if it indeed presents an internal control weakness. f.
You were told that the performance of division and department managers is
evaluated on a subjective basis, because Go-Go’s management believes that
formal performance evaluation procedures are counterproductive.

PROBLEM: This indicates a possible problem with management's human resource standards and their methods of monitoring performance. Subjective evaluation methods are often not be as effective in detecting problems or in identifying good performance as objective measures, such as formal performance evaluation procedures, that have been communicated to employees.


SOLUTION: It is important to evaluate carefully this situation to determine if it indeed presents an internal control weakness. g.

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