Fleas and bad women: Don't break the backs of audit committees and their auditors with unrealistic expectations.

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Beattie, V. A. and Fearnley, S., 2011. Fleas and bad women: Don't break the backs of audit committees and their auditors with unrealistic expectations. Accountancy, 148 (1417), pp. 100-101.

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Abstract

The article discusses the results of research into how finance directors (FD), audit partners, audit committee chairs and audit committees of listed companies interact on audit-related issues in Great Britain. It reveals that audit committees have an average of 3.4 members, with 1.3 members having accounting qualifications. It also shows that majority of FDs, audit partners and audit committee chairs believe that auditing is valuable to companies.

Item Type:Article
ISSN:0001-4664
Subjects:Social Sciences > Commerce
Group:Business School
ID Code:20320
Deposited By:Mrs Denise George
Deposited On:22 May 2012 11:29
Last Modified:07 Mar 2013 15:56
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