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Auditor's assessment of a company's "tone at the top"

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dc.contributor.advisor Odendaal, Elizabeth Margaretha
dc.contributor.advisor Theron, Hans Jacob
dc.contributor.author Jaffer, Faeeza Farouk
dc.date.accessioned 2019-06-18T12:09:20Z
dc.date.available 2019-06-18T12:09:20Z
dc.date.issued 2018-11
dc.identifier.citation Jaffer, Faeeza Farouk (2018) Auditor's assessment of a company's "tone at the top", University of South Africa, Pretoria, <http://hdl.handle.net/10500/25517>
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10500/25517
dc.description Abstract in English, Afrikaans and Sepedi
dc.description.abstract The auditing profession is facing criticism for audit firms being associated with clients with a poor ‘tone at the top’ despite auditors being required to assess a company’s ‘tone at the top’, both prior to and during an audit. A problem arises if, should auditors perform an inappropriate ‘tone at the top’ assessment, they may be associated with an unethical company. Moreover, such an inappropriate assessment may result in an incorrect risk of material misstatement assessment and, consequently, an inappropriate audit opinion on the financial statements of the company. A qualitative research approach and a multiple case study design were used to understand how auditors assess a company’s ‘tone at the top’. An audit partner from six JSE-accredited audit firms and senior inspectors from the IRBA were interviewed. It was found that the participating auditors assess a company’s ethical leadership, ethical culture, the governance role of the audit committee and compliance with laws and regulations when assessing a company’s ‘tone at the top’ while adhering to quality control principles. Despite the participants acknowledging both that ‘tone at the top’ assessments are conducted during the pre-engagement and planning of an audit and that the audit engagement partner is responsible for these assessments, there was a lack of evidence in the audit files supporting these assessments. The study findings may enable audit firms to include guidance in their audit methodologies on ‘tone at the top’ assessments and in documenting such assessments and may also assist the IRBA in providing guidance and training to auditors on ‘tone at the top’ assessments. en
dc.description.abstract Die ouditprofessie staar kritiek in die oë as gevolg van die feit dat ouditfirmas geassosieer word met kliënte met 'n swak “karakter aan die hoof”, ten spyte daarvan dat van ouditeurs vereis word om 'n maatskappy se “karakter aan die hoof” voor en tydens 'n oudit te assesseer. Die probleem is dat indien ouditeurs 'n onvanpaste assessering van die “karakter aan die hoof” uitvoer, hulle met 'n onetiese maatskappy geassosieer kan word. Boonop kan so 'n onvanpaste assessering aanleiding gee tot 'n verkeerde assessering van die risiko van wesenlike wanvoorstelling en, gevolglik, 'n onvanpaste ouditmening oor die finansiële state van die maatskappy. 'n Kwalitatiewe navorsingsbenadering en 'n veelvoudige gevallestudie-ontwerp is gebruik om te verstaan hoe ouditeurs 'n maatskappy se “karakter aan die hoof” assesseer. Onderhoude is met ouditvennote van ses ouditfirmas wat deur die JSE geakkrediteer word en senior inspekteurs van die IRBA gevoer. Daar is bevind dat die deelnemende ouditeurs 'n maatskappy se etiese leierskap, etiese kultuur, die beheerrol van die ouditkomitee en voldoening aan wette en regulasies assesseer wanneer 'n maatskappy se “karakter aan die hoof” geassesseer word terwyl aan gehaltebeheerbeginsels voldoen word. Ten spyte daarvan dat die deelnemers erken dat assesserings van “karakter aan die hoof” uitgevoer word tydens die vooraanstelling en beplanning van ’n oudit en dat die ouditaanstellingsvennoot verantwoordelik is vir hierdie assesserings, is daar 'n gebrek aan bewyse in die ouditlêers wat hierdie assesserings steun. Die studie se bevindings kan ouditfirmas in staat stel om leiding in hulle ouditmetodologieë in te sluit vir assesserings van “karakter aan die hoof” en om sodanige assesserings te dokumenteer, en dit kan die IRBA ook help om leiding en opleiding aan ouditeurs te gee vir sulke assesserings.
dc.description.abstract Profešene ya go hlakiša e lebane le tshekatsheko ka lebaka la difeme tša tlhakišo tšeo di amanywago le badirelwa ba ‘boikgafo le boetapele bja taolo’ bja go fokola, le ge bahlakiši ba nyakega go lekola ‘boikgafo le boetapele bja taolo’ bja khamphani, bobedi pele ga le nakong ya tlhakišo. Bothata bo tšwelela ge, go ka direga gore bahlakiši ba dire tekolo ya ‘boikgafo le boetapele bja taolo’ yeo e sego ya maleba, ba ka amanywa le khamphani ya go se be le maitshwaro. Gape, tekolo yeo e sego ya maleba, e ka tšweletša kotsi ya tekolo ya setatamente se se fošagetšego sa materiale gomme, ka gona, kgopolo ya tlhakišo yeo e sego ya maleba mo setatamenteng sa ditšhelete sa khamphani. Mokgwa wa dinyakišišo tša temogo le moakanyetšo wa tshepetšo ya dinyakišišo di šomišitšwe go kwešiša ka moo bahlakiši ba lekolago ‘boikgafo le boetapele bja taolo’ bja khamphani. Badirišani ba tlhakišo go tšwa femeng ya bahlakiši yeo e dumeletšwego ya JSE le bahlahlobibagolo go tšwa IRBA ba boledišitšwe. Go utollotšwe gore bahlakiši bao ba kgathago tema ba lekotše boetapele bja maitshwaro bja khamphani, setšo sa maitshwaro, mošomo wa taolo wa komiti ya tlhakišo le go obamela melao le melawana ge go lekolwa ‘boikgafo le boetapele bja taolo’ wa khamphani mola go latelwa mekgwa ya taolo ya boleng. Le ge bakgathatema ba amogela bobedi gore ditekolo tša ‘boikgafo le boetapele bja taolo’ di dirwa nakong ya peakanyo ya pele le thulaganyo ya difaele tša tlhakišo tšeo di thekgago ditekolo tše, ga se gwa ba le bohlatse ka mo difaeleng tša tlhakišo tšeo di thekgago ditekolo tše. Dikutollo tša dinyakišišo di ka thuša difeme tša tlhakišo go akaretša tlhahlo mo mekgweng ya bona ya tlhakišo mo go ditekolo tša ‘boikgafo le boetapele bja taolo’ le go ngwala ditekolo tšeo, gape di ka thuša gape IRBA ka go fa tlhahli le tlhahlo go bahlakiši mo ditekolong tšeo.
dc.format.extent 1 online resource (vi, 175 leaves) : color illustrations
dc.language.iso en en
dc.subject Audit planning en
dc.subject Auditor en
dc.subject Business ethics en
dc.subject Control environment en
dc.subject Corporate governance en
dc.subject Ethical culture en
dc.subject Ethical leadership en
dc.subject Management integrity en
dc.subject Risk of material misstatement en
dc.subject Tone at the top en
dc.subject Ouditbeplanning af
dc.subject Ouditeur af
dc.subject Sake-etiek af
dc.subject Beheeromgewing af
dc.subject Korporatiewe beheer af
dc.subject Etiese kultuur af
dc.subject Etiese leierskap af
dc.subject Bestuursintegriteit af
dc.subject Risiko van wesenlike wanvoorstelling af
dc.subject Karakter aan die hoof af
dc.subject Peakanyo ya tlhakišo; se
dc.subject Maitshwaro a kgwebo se
dc.subject Tikologo ya maatla se
dc.subject Taolo ya tirišano se
dc.subject Setšo sa maitshwaro se
dc.subject Boetapele bja maitshwaro se
dc.subject Taolo ya go hlomphega se
dc.subject Kotsi ya setatamente se se fošagetšego sa materiale se
dc.subject Boikgafo le boetapele bja taolo se
dc.subject.ddc 657.458
dc.subject.lcsh Corporate governance en
dc.subject.lcsh Auditing, Internal en
dc.subject.lcsh Leadership -- Moral and ethical issues en
dc.subject.lcsh Business ethics en
dc.title Auditor's assessment of a company's "tone at the top" en
dc.title.alternative Ouditeurs se assessering van 'n maatskappy se "karakter aan die hoof" af
dc.title.alternative Tekolo ya ‘boikgafo le boetapele bja taolo" ya khamphani se
dc.type Dissertation en
dc.description.department Business Management en
dc.description.degree M. Phil. (Accounting Sciences)


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