The main goals of this chapter are to: Define business risk and understand how management addresses business risk with the Enterprise Risk Management Model; explain auditors’ responsibility for risk assessment and define and explain the differences among several types of fraud and errors that might occur in an organization; describe the audit risk model and explain the meaning and importance of its components in terms of professional judgment and audit planning. | McGraw-Hill/Irwin Copyright © 2013 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. Chapter 04 Management Fraud and Audit Risk Profit is the result of risks wisely selected. Frederick Barnard Hawley, American economist Risk comes from not knowing what you’re doing. Warren Buffett, widely regarded as one of the most successful investors in the world. 3- Auditor’s Risk Responsibilities Audit Risk—auditor will give unqualified opinion on misstated financial statements Management Fraud Risk—management intentionally misstates financial statements Fraudulent financial reporting Errors are unintentional misstatements or omissions of amounts or disclosures in financial statements. Auditors’ primary responsibility is to design procedures to provide reasonable assurance that material frauds that materially misstate the financial statements are detected. 4- General Categories of Errors and Frauds Invalid transactions are recorded. Valid transactions are omitted from the accounts. Unauthorized transactions are executed and recorded. Transaction amounts are inaccurate. Transactions are classified in the wrong accounts. Transaction accounting and posting is incorrect. Transactions are recorded in the wrong period. 4- Identify Risk Factors Related to Fraudulent Financial Reporting Management’s characteristics and influence Industry conditions Operating characteristics and financial stability Risk Factors: Management’s Characteristics and Influence Management has a motivation to engage in fraudulent reporting. Management decisions are dominated by an individual or a small group. Management fails to display an appropriate attitude about internal control. Managers’ attitudes are very aggressive toward financial reporting. Managers place too much emphasis on earnings projections. Nonfinancial management participates excessively in the selection of accounting principles or determination of estimates. The company has a high turnover of senior management. The | McGraw-Hill/Irwin Copyright © 2013 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. Chapter 04 Management Fraud and Audit Risk Profit is the result of risks wisely selected. Frederick Barnard Hawley, American economist Risk comes from not knowing what you’re doing. Warren Buffett, widely regarded as one of the most successful investors in the world. 3- Auditor’s Risk Responsibilities Audit Risk—auditor will give unqualified opinion on misstated financial statements Management Fraud Risk—management intentionally misstates financial statements Fraudulent financial reporting Errors are unintentional misstatements or omissions of amounts or disclosures in financial statements. Auditors’ primary responsibility is to design procedures to provide reasonable assurance that material frauds that materially misstate the financial statements are detected. 4- General Categories of Errors and Frauds Invalid transactions are recorded. Valid transactions are omitted from the .
