For each of the following management scenarios, (1) indicate whether you believe the scenario reflects negatively on management integrity, and explain why; and (2) indicate how the assessment would affect the auditor’s planning of the audit Management Scenarios: The owner/manager of a privately held company owns three other companies. The entities could be run as one entity but they engage extensively in related-party transactions to minimize the overall tax burden for the owner/manager. The president of a publicly held company has a reputation for being stubborn with a violent temper. He fired a divisional manager on the spot when the manager did not achieve profit goals. The financial vice president of a publicly held company has worked her way to the top by gaining a reputation as a great accounting manipulator. She has earned the reputation by being very creative in finding ways to circumvent pronouncement to keep debt off the balance sheet and in manipulating accounting to achieve short-term earnings. After each short-term success, she has moved on to another company to utilize her skills. The president of a small publicly held firm was indicted on tax evasion charges seven years ago. He settled with the BIR and served time doing community service. Since then, he has been considered a pillar of the community, making significant contributions to local charities. Inquiries of local bankers yield information that he is the partial or controlling owner of several corporation that may serve as “shell” organizations whose sole purpose is to assist the manager in moving income around to avoid taxes. Jaime Juan is the president of a privately held company that has been accused of illegally dumping waste and failing to meet government standards for worker safety. Jaime responds that his attitude is to meet the minimum requirements of the law; if the government deems that he has not, he will clean up. “Besides,” he asserts, “it is good business; it is less costly to clean up only when I have to, even if small fines are involved, than it is to take leadership positions and exceed government standards.”
For each of the following management scenarios, (1) indicate whether you believe the scenario reflects negatively on management integrity, and explain why; and (2) indicate how the assessment would affect the auditor’s planning of the audit Management Scenarios: The owner/manager of a privately held company owns three other companies. The entities could be run as one entity but they engage extensively in related-party transactions to minimize the overall tax burden for the owner/manager. The president of a publicly held company has a reputation for being stubborn with a violent temper. He fired a divisional manager on the spot when the manager did not achieve profit goals. The financial vice president of a publicly held company has worked her way to the top by gaining a reputation as a great accounting manipulator. She has earned the reputation by being very creative in finding ways to circumvent pronouncement to keep debt off the balance sheet and in manipulating accounting to achieve short-term earnings. After each short-term success, she has moved on to another company to utilize her skills. The president of a small publicly held firm was indicted on tax evasion charges seven years ago. He settled with the BIR and served time doing community service. Since then, he has been considered a pillar of the community, making significant contributions to local charities. Inquiries of local bankers yield information that he is the partial or controlling owner of several corporation that may serve as “shell” organizations whose sole purpose is to assist the manager in moving income around to avoid taxes. Jaime Juan is the president of a privately held company that has been accused of illegally dumping waste and failing to meet government standards for worker safety. Jaime responds that his attitude is to meet the minimum requirements of the law; if the government deems that he has not, he will clean up. “Besides,” he asserts, “it is good business; it is less costly to clean up only when I have to, even if small fines are involved, than it is to take leadership positions and exceed government standards.”
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For each of the following management scenarios, (1) indicate whether you believe the scenario reflects negatively on management integrity, and explain why; and (2) indicate how the assessment would affect the auditor’s planning of the audit
Management Scenarios:
- The owner/manager of a privately held company owns three other companies. The entities could be run as one entity but they engage extensively in related-party transactions to minimize the overall tax burden for the owner/manager.
- The president of a publicly held company has a reputation for being stubborn with a violent temper. He fired a divisional manager on the spot when the manager did not achieve profit goals.
- The financial vice president of a publicly held company has worked her way to the top by gaining a reputation as a great accounting manipulator. She has earned the reputation by being very creative in finding ways to circumvent pronouncement to keep debt off the
balance sheet and in manipulating accounting to achieve short-term earnings. After each short-term success, she has moved on to another company to utilize her skills. - The president of a small publicly held firm was indicted on tax evasion charges seven years ago. He settled with the BIR and served time doing community service. Since then, he has been considered a pillar of the community, making significant contributions to local charities. Inquiries of local bankers yield information that he is the partial or controlling owner of several corporation that may serve as “shell” organizations whose sole purpose is to assist the manager in moving income around to avoid taxes.
- Jaime Juan is the president of a privately held company that has been accused of illegally dumping waste and failing to meet government standards for worker safety. Jaime responds that his attitude is to meet the minimum requirements of the law; if the government deems that he has not, he will clean up. “Besides,” he asserts, “it is good business; it is less costly to clean up only when I have to, even if small fines are involved, than it is to take leadership positions and exceed government standards.”
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