Is the control environment related to financial reporting decisions?

Managerial Auditing Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 472-478

  D’Aquila, Jill M ^a  

^a IONA COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Auditors; Ethics; Financial reporting; Fraud; Internal control

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993093600     PISSN: 02686902     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02686909810236334     Document Type: Article

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