Auditing Standards Committee Comment Letter

Auditing Standards, Professional Judgement, and Audit Quality∗

This paper examines the economic consequences of tightening auditing standards. We recognize that both auditors’ incentives and expertise are relevant for audit effectiveness. On one hand, tighter auditing standards counter the misbehavior of rogue auditors. On the other hand, tighter standards restrict auditors’exercise of professional judgement, leads to auditors’compliance mentality, and red...

Proposed Framework for Reorganization of PCAOB Auditing Standards and Related Amendments to PCAOB Auditing Standards and Rules, PCAOB

We agree that the Board's existing auditing standards, consisting of sequentially numbered standards issued by the Board (the AS standards) and the AU sections representing the remaining interim standards that the Board has not superseded, present a confusing framework. While we agree that reorganization is needed and may help users navigate the standards more easily, we do not agree with the B...

"environmental auditing standards iso14010, 14011, 14012 "

in order to standardize sustainable status of environmental management in productive and industrial activities and commercial and economical relationship, the iso 14000 standards series guarantee the minimization of the costs, growth accoptancy of society and trade and environmental quality improvement and natural resources. in fact, these standards will help any organization to improve and sol...

Standards and Frameworks for Information System Security Auditing and Assurance

Most organizations in all sectors of industry, commerce and government are fundamentally dependent on their information systems (IS) and would quickly cease to function should the technology (preferably information technology – IT) that underpins their activities ever come to halt [15]. The IT developments may have enormous implications for the operation, structure and strategy of organizations...

Markt/2007/15/F – Study on International Standards on Auditing