Financial statement frauds and auditor sanctions: An analysis of enforcement actions in China

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 367-381

  Firth, Michael ^a   Mo, Phyllis L L ^a   Wong, Raymond M K ^a,b  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b CHU HAI COLLEGE OF HIGHER EDUCATION   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Audit failure; Audit quality; Auditor responsibility; Auditor sanction; Fraud type

Indexed keywords

EID: 29144463808     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-005-0542-4     Document Type: Article

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