Abstract:PurposeTo examine the enabling legislation of European Union (EU) member country supreme audit institutions (SAIs) for their accountability to parliament and independence from the executive arm of government.Design/methodology/approachThe sample comprises the SAIs of the 25 EU member countries and the European Court of Auditors. Data were collected on 30 accountability and independence issues directly from the enabling legislation of these SAIs.FindingsResults indicate that apart from a number of instances whe… Show more
“…In contrast with private sector audit, public sector audit generally monopolistic in nature (Clark, et al, 2007), meaning that the authority to conduct financial audits of the government entities can only be done by certain institutions. BPK is the only institutions that are given the authority to audit the management and financial responsibility of the government entities.…”
The purpose of this study is to measure auditor quality of The Audit Board of the Republic of Indonesia (BPK) and investigates the effect of auditor quality on the follow-up of audit recommendation. This study uses sample of local government financial statements in Indonesia from 2010-2012. Using principle component analysis method, the result shows that there are four components extracted that form auditor quality which is experience, training, motivation, and education. All four components are then combined into a single auditor quality index that represents comprehensive measure of auditor quality. The test result shows positive effect between auditor quality and follow-up of audit recommendation. This indicates that high quality auditor is able to produce appropriate recommendations that can be easily followed up by the auditee. The more recommendations are acted upon, the better the quality of local government financial statements.
“…In contrast with private sector audit, public sector audit generally monopolistic in nature (Clark, et al, 2007), meaning that the authority to conduct financial audits of the government entities can only be done by certain institutions. BPK is the only institutions that are given the authority to audit the management and financial responsibility of the government entities.…”
The purpose of this study is to measure auditor quality of The Audit Board of the Republic of Indonesia (BPK) and investigates the effect of auditor quality on the follow-up of audit recommendation. This study uses sample of local government financial statements in Indonesia from 2010-2012. Using principle component analysis method, the result shows that there are four components extracted that form auditor quality which is experience, training, motivation, and education. All four components are then combined into a single auditor quality index that represents comprehensive measure of auditor quality. The test result shows positive effect between auditor quality and follow-up of audit recommendation. This indicates that high quality auditor is able to produce appropriate recommendations that can be easily followed up by the auditee. The more recommendations are acted upon, the better the quality of local government financial statements.
“…In fact, SAIs are important to ensure that a continuous chain of accountability is present between parliament and government, with the inclusion of government agencies, authorities, firms and controlled institutions (Funnell, 1997). SAIs including auditors, auditor courts, government and public sectors play a key role in improving the accountability of government and the public sector (Clark et al, 2007).…”
“…A independência é tida pela literatura atual como necessária para a qualidade do trabalho de auditoria (Power, 1999;Favere-Marchesi, 2000;Gendron et al, 2001;Stapenhurst & Titsworth, 2001;Clark et al, 2007). Em geral as taxonomias de independência mais utilizadas referem-se primeiro a independência de jure e de facto, ou seja, aquela expressa nas leis e a que ocorre na prática; e segundo, a independência organizacional e operacional (Power, 1999;Seyfried, 2016).…”
Section: Tribunais De Contas Lógicas Institucionais E a Independênciunclassified
“…Estudos anteriores mostram que a independência operacional e de facto pode ser ameaçada por influência do Executivo nas ações de auditoria, mas também, pelo fato das organizações de auditoria se aproximarem cada vez mais de funções de consultoriae não meros fiscalizadores da gestão pública (Funnel, 1994;Radcliffe, 1997;Gendron et al, 2001;Morin, 2010;Seyfried, 2016;Pierre & Licht, 2019). Gustavson & Sundstrom (2018) (Morin, 2010;Clark et al, 2007). Por fim, autonomia financeira para decidir sobre seu orçamento, autonomia sobre seus processos internos (incluindo o que auditar, como auditar, o que não auditarrelacionados ao aspecto operacional), e autonomia para selecionar seu pessoal (via concurso público) também é positivamente associado à sua atuação independente (Morin, 2010;Gustavson & Sundstrom, 2018).…”
Section: Tribunais De Contas Lógicas Institucionais E a Independênciunclassified
“…Todas essas práticas são mantidas através da rotina e criação de regras que suportam tais ações (Lawrence & Suddaby, 2006 (Battilana, 2006), no conceito de embedded agency, é possível atrelar determinado grau de descolamento (decoupling) das práticas efetivamente adotadas no campo organizacional quando comparadas ao pilar regulatório (Oliver, 1991 A literatura prévia, muitas vezes, assume a independência de jure como se fosse a independência de factoque ocorre na prática (Stapenhurst & Titsworth, 2001;Clark et al, 2007;Blume & Voigt, 2011;Seyfried, 2016). Isso acontece, por vezes, devido a desenhos de pesquisa que priorizam comparabilidade entre diversas jurisdições e, também, por textos normativos, com escassas evidências empíricas.…”
Section: A Lógica Técnico-profissionalunclassified
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