
Auditing
A Business Risk Approach
South-Western (Publisher)
Published on 26. April 2007
Book
Paperback/Softback
760 pages
978-0-324-64509-5 (ISBN)
Only available as a set (single article not available)
Description
Give your students a solid introduction to today's audit process within the context of business risk with the latest edition of Rittenberg/Schwieger/Johnstone's "Auditing: A Business Risk Approach, 6th Edition". With the help of new author Karla M Johnstone, this well-respected author team clarifies why it's important for an effective auditor to first understand business risk and how internal controls only exist within a risk context. Risk is introduced early in the text and is emphasized throughout the chapters with compelling content and special features. An entire new chapter on Integrated Audit (Ch 7) further emphasizes how risk analysis serves as the starting point for the integrated audit.The authors clearly outline the rationale for the integrated audit, ways to perform it most effectively, and the decisions that form an important part of the audit. The latest edition keeps your course in touch with today's rapidly changing environment with a comprehensive look at the latest audit regulations, concepts, and practices.Students learn how today's businesses in the recent years following SOX must audit not only their financial statements, but also the systems that support and generate those statements.
"Auditing, 6th Edition" demonstrates how to adapt traditional techniques and procedures to succeed in today's technological, systems-oriented business environment. It contains audit case modules related to the chapters to provide valuable hands-on practice. Students even gain valuable first-hand practice using the well-known, professional ACL Audit software, packaged with each new text, as they complete applications and work with fraud cases.
"Auditing, 6th Edition" demonstrates how to adapt traditional techniques and procedures to succeed in today's technological, systems-oriented business environment. It contains audit case modules related to the chapters to provide valuable hands-on practice. Students even gain valuable first-hand practice using the well-known, professional ACL Audit software, packaged with each new text, as they complete applications and work with fraud cases.
More details
Edition
International ed
Language
English
Place of publication
Mason, OH
United States
Publishing group
Cengage Learning, Inc
Target group
Professional and scholarly
ISBN-13
978-0-324-64509-5 (9780324645095)
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Schweitzer Classification
Content
1. Auditing: Integral to the Economy. 2. Corporate Governance, Audit Standards. 3. Ethics: Meeting and Understanding Ethical Expectations. 4. Audit Risk and a Client's Business Risk. 5. Audit Evidence: A Framework. 6. Internal Control over Financial Reporting. 7. Performing an Integrated Audit. 8. Computerized Systems: Risks, Controls, and Opportunities. 9. Auditing for Fraud. 10. Audit Sampling. 11. Auditing Revenue and Related Accounts. 12. Audit of Acquisitions Cycle and Inventory. 13. Audit of Cash and Other Liquid Assets. 14. Audit of Long-Lived Assets and Related Expense Accounts. 15. Audit of Acquisitions, Related-Entity Transactions, Long-Term Liabilities, and Equity. 16. Completing the Audit. 17. Communicating Audit and Attestation Results. 18. Professional Liability. 19. Internal Auditing and Outsourcing. Appendix: ACL. Appendix: ACL.