Webinar: Credibility crisis: SA report unravels malfeasance and poor accountability in auditing industry

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Lack of independence, poor accountability and a culture of silence are some of the issues plaguing the auditing profession globally. A new report by non-profit, Open Secrets, shows how cracks in the system have caused a credibility crisis in the industry and why this is a matter of public interest.

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Mosiana gave an overview of the report which explores the origins of the accounting profession, the concentration of power among the big four firms — KPMG, Deloitte, Ernst & Young and PricewaterhouseCoopers , local scandals in the public and private sector such asand VBS and ultimately that malfeasance and poor accountability has given rise to a global crisis of credibility in the auditing industry.

“An auditor cannot say that they rely on what the client tells them,” said Agulhas on the same point. “That is in fact the very reason that the standards require an auditor to be sceptical.” “Most of them are too close to their clients to ask the right questions,” said Agulhas. “They have become too complacent and it goes back to the long relationships that they’ve had with them.”

 

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