Mandatory audit firm rotation : the perception of Malaysian public listed companies / Suriana Mamat

Auditor independence is very crucial to public confidence in financial reporting. However, recent corporate failure such as in the case of Enron has critically damaged the credibility of financial reporting. Lack of auditor independence due to long-term relationships between auditor and clients i...

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Main Author: Mamat, Suriana
Format: Thesis
Language:English
Published: 2006
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Online Access:https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/3549/
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description Auditor independence is very crucial to public confidence in financial reporting. However, recent corporate failure such as in the case of Enron has critically damaged the credibility of financial reporting. Lack of auditor independence due to long-term relationships between auditor and clients is believed to be the reason for such failures. Therefore, mandatory audit firm rotation has always been proposed as a solution to enhance auditor's independence. This study aims to provide some viewpoints on whether mandatory audit firm rotation should be implemented in Malaysia considering that some countries have good experiences with it such as Italy. This study examines the value provided by mandatory audit firm rotation from the perspectives of the Chief Finance Officer of public listed companies in Malaysia. This study is based on a survey using questionnaires in order to gather the information. A total of 30 out of 100 companies re'sponded to the survey. The results indicate that mandating audit firm rotation will enhance auditor independence as perceived by the respondents. However, the respondents believe that the costs outweigh its intended benefits.
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spelling uitm-35492016-08-17T08:57:58Z https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/3549/ Mandatory audit firm rotation : the perception of Malaysian public listed companies / Suriana Mamat Mamat, Suriana Periodicals. Societies. Serials Malaysia Internal auditing Auditor independence is very crucial to public confidence in financial reporting. However, recent corporate failure such as in the case of Enron has critically damaged the credibility of financial reporting. Lack of auditor independence due to long-term relationships between auditor and clients is believed to be the reason for such failures. Therefore, mandatory audit firm rotation has always been proposed as a solution to enhance auditor's independence. This study aims to provide some viewpoints on whether mandatory audit firm rotation should be implemented in Malaysia considering that some countries have good experiences with it such as Italy. This study examines the value provided by mandatory audit firm rotation from the perspectives of the Chief Finance Officer of public listed companies in Malaysia. This study is based on a survey using questionnaires in order to gather the information. A total of 30 out of 100 companies re'sponded to the survey. The results indicate that mandating audit firm rotation will enhance auditor independence as perceived by the respondents. However, the respondents believe that the costs outweigh its intended benefits. 2006 Thesis NonPeerReviewed text en https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/3549/1/TM_SURIANA%20MAMAT%20AC%2006_5%201.pdf Mamat, Suriana (2006) Mandatory audit firm rotation : the perception of Malaysian public listed companies / Suriana Mamat. (2006) Masters thesis, thesis, Universiti Teknologi MARA. <http://terminalib.uitm.edu.my/3549.pdf>
spellingShingle Periodicals. Societies. Serials
Malaysia
Internal auditing
Mamat, Suriana
Mandatory audit firm rotation : the perception of Malaysian public listed companies / Suriana Mamat
title Mandatory audit firm rotation : the perception of Malaysian public listed companies / Suriana Mamat
title_full Mandatory audit firm rotation : the perception of Malaysian public listed companies / Suriana Mamat
title_fullStr Mandatory audit firm rotation : the perception of Malaysian public listed companies / Suriana Mamat
title_full_unstemmed Mandatory audit firm rotation : the perception of Malaysian public listed companies / Suriana Mamat
title_short Mandatory audit firm rotation : the perception of Malaysian public listed companies / Suriana Mamat
title_sort mandatory audit firm rotation : the perception of malaysian public listed companies / suriana mamat
topic Periodicals. Societies. Serials
Malaysia
Internal auditing
url https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/3549/