Mediating Assurance in Auditing Standards: Auditors Mitigation of Risks of Frauds

This study critically interrogates mediating assurance in auditing lived experiences of independent auditors. It is qualitative research based on constructivist perspective. A combination of participant observations and interviews were used to build data corpus. Data was analysed using thematic codi...

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Main Authors: Joshua Onome Imoniana, Massimo Bianchi
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Language:English
Published: Muhammadiyah University Press 2024-12-01
Series:Riset Akuntansi dan Keuangan Indonesia
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Online Access:https://journals2.ums.ac.id/index.php/reaksi/article/view/6719
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description This study critically interrogates mediating assurance in auditing lived experiences of independent auditors. It is qualitative research based on constructivist perspective. A combination of participant observations and interviews were used to build data corpus. Data was analysed using thematic coding. Findings show that assurance is felt in the present auditing standards, corroborated by mediating assurance while drawing on the main objectives of auditing. Findings also show that ISA motivates the verification of accounting functions disrupting status quo for perpetuation of fraud outside the outreach of auditor. Therefore, the auditor tends to mold credibility with its works, towards reducing auditing expectation gap.  As the auditor reports to the corporate governance, mainly the audit committee, certain cases may reveal barriers for additional audit jobs to elucidate cases of significant accounting errors that have the characteristics of accounting fraud. We conclude that, insofar as the ISA tries to favour a set of auditors who suppress compliance or auditor with a myopic approach, the main motivations of assurance would not have been met. As an implication, it constitutes an innovation in the fieldwork of the auditors to embrace the current responsibilities demanded by users of financial statements to mitigate the risk of fraud.
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spelling doaj-art-6d6ed5cd45004bde853c7b84c466e9b32025-08-20T03:50:01ZengMuhammadiyah University PressRiset Akuntansi dan Keuangan Indonesia2541-61112024-12-019326327410.23917/reaksi.v9i3.67196749Mediating Assurance in Auditing Standards: Auditors Mitigation of Risks of FraudsJoshua Onome Imoniana0Massimo Bianchi1University of Sao Paulo, BrazilAlma Mater University of BolognaThis study critically interrogates mediating assurance in auditing lived experiences of independent auditors. It is qualitative research based on constructivist perspective. A combination of participant observations and interviews were used to build data corpus. Data was analysed using thematic coding. Findings show that assurance is felt in the present auditing standards, corroborated by mediating assurance while drawing on the main objectives of auditing. Findings also show that ISA motivates the verification of accounting functions disrupting status quo for perpetuation of fraud outside the outreach of auditor. Therefore, the auditor tends to mold credibility with its works, towards reducing auditing expectation gap.  As the auditor reports to the corporate governance, mainly the audit committee, certain cases may reveal barriers for additional audit jobs to elucidate cases of significant accounting errors that have the characteristics of accounting fraud. We conclude that, insofar as the ISA tries to favour a set of auditors who suppress compliance or auditor with a myopic approach, the main motivations of assurance would not have been met. As an implication, it constitutes an innovation in the fieldwork of the auditors to embrace the current responsibilities demanded by users of financial statements to mitigate the risk of fraud.https://journals2.ums.ac.id/index.php/reaksi/article/view/6719auditingauditaccounting behaviourfinancial statement fraudfraud
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financial statement fraud
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title Mediating Assurance in Auditing Standards: Auditors Mitigation of Risks of Frauds
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financial statement fraud
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