Comments on: In Any Other “Profession…”

By: Auditors and Audit Reports: Is The Firm’s “John Hancock” Enough? - Francine McKenna - Accounting Watchdog - Forbes

Thu, 28 Jul 2011 02:05:12 +0000

[...] to want to know if the partners proposed for their engagement or rotated onto their audit were responsible for some of the major audit failures of the crisis era. It’s investors and their representatives – the Audit Committees – right [...]

By: re: The Auditors » Blog Archive » The Big 4 Pro-IFRS Campaign Has Flaws

Sat, 20 Nov 2010 23:33:56 +0000

[...] to be Chief of Staff to Deloitte’s CEO, a cushy non client-service-track administrative job. That’s what Deloitte does for you when you can’t be a CPA for a while. In Nick’s case, he’s banned until at least [...]

By: re: The Auditors » Blog Archive » Looking Out For Me, Myself, And I

re: The Auditors » Blog Archive » Looking Out For Me, Myself, And I — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 23:51:12 +0000

[...] KPMG escaped the guillotine in the tax shelter case. Mr. Ray presided over investigations of partner misconduct at Deloitte. Mr. Ray has an ongoing super-embarrassing issue with Mr. Flanagan, the accused former [...]

By: ndallasj

ndallasj — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 14:56:00 +0000

I’m not sure which people you meant by “these guys,” but I wouldn’t have a problem with Mr. Caswell auditing my firm. He tried to do the right thing but was over-ruled; I would think that he will be more adamant the next time he comes across a similar situation.

By: Independent Accountant

Independent Accountant — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 01:13:00 +0000

Francine:
Ralph Nader has advocated having individual audit partners sign opinion for decades.