A Junior CPA at Horwatharama,CPAs Currently Is Working as an Audit

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Short Answer

A junior CPA at Horwatharama,CPAs currently is working as an audit team member on the audit of General Molecular.This CPA is about to search for a different position of employment.
a. If this individual is thinking about applying for employment at General Molecular, what are his professional duties and when do they commence?
b. You are a friend of this junior CPA and you know that he is about to apply for employment at General Molecular. You also know that he does not intend to inform Horwatharama, CPAs until "the last minute, if at all." What duties do you have under the AICPA's Code of Professional Conduct? What actions, if any, would you take?
c. Once a CPA firm learns that an audit team member is pursuing employment with an audit client, what duties, if any, does it have?
d. If a junior CPA decides to pursue work at an audit client during the course of an audit, what kinds of costs will his decision impose on his CPA firm? Should he reimburse the firm for those costs?

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