Auditors Must Consider the Possibility of Fraud by Employees or Management

question 42

Essay

Auditors must consider the possibility of fraud by employees or management on every audit engagement.They must also consider the possibility that the client has not complied with laws.
(a)Distinguish between employee and management fraud.
(b)Describe the auditors' responsibility for the detection of fraud in an audit.
(c)Describe the auditors' responsibility regarding noncompliance with laws by a client.

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Definitions:

Number of Workers

The total count of individuals employed or available for employment within a business or economy.

Law of Diminishing Returns

The principle that as one factor of production is increased while others are held constant, the incremental gains in output will eventually decrease.

Marginal Output

The additional output that results from using one more unit of a particular input, holding all other inputs constant.

Resource (Labor)

Human effort, both physical and mental, used in the production of goods and services.