The financial crisis has brought to the forefront the need for companies to effectively manage their risks. One approach that has gained prominence is enterprise risk management (ERM), but little is known about the link between ERM and the financial reporting process. This link is important,...

We present evidence on the resolution of proposed audit adjustments during a unique period of time immediately following several US financial scandals and surrounding the passage of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX). During this period auditors and clients both faced increased scrutiny from investors...

Auditors and clients are often required to resolve difficult, complex accounting issues in which they have different views. This resolution entails a negotiation process where research has shown that the strategies employed have dramatic effects on the process, final agreed upon outcome, and the...

The objectives of this case are: (a) to alert students to the importance of non-financial information in the audit process; (b) to develop students' ability to search for relevant financial and non-financial information in the audit planning process; and (c) to emphasize the importance of...

The objective of this paper is to provide a more comprehensive view of corporate governance than that considered by the traditional agency literature predominately employed in auditing and accounting studies of governance. Specifically, we discuss three widely recognized additional theoretical...

We examine the extent to which the behavioral agency model describes the relation between stock-based compensation and managerial risk-seeking behavior. The behavioral agency model, which incorporates prospect theory, predicts that while managers are more risk-seeking in the loss decision...

Auditor errors are of concern since they reflect deviations from expectations, plans or goals and can thereby potentially impair audit quality. Audit firms have powerful mechanisms in place to prevent errors from occurring, such as the review process. However, all errors cannot be prevented; thus,...

The purpose of this paper is to review research on corporate governance and its impact on financial reporting quality. This review will serve three purposes: (1) to suggest a corporate governance mosaic(i.e., the interactions among the actors and institutions that affect corporate governance)...

Prior archival and experimental studies provide conflicting results regarding the extent to which audit program plans are responsive to client risks, as prescribed by the Audit Risk Model. The purpose of this study is to corroborate and extend archival research on this issue by considering a...