The news that KPMG has snapped up the audit of Rentokil Initial from rival PwC brings with it renewed concerns around the independence of firms providing additional services as well as opining on financial statements. Under the arrangement KPMG would undertake all the statutory responsibilities associated with an external audit, while also ‘delving deeper’ and […]
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Rentokil-KPMG deal seen to threaten independence
August 6th, 2009 · 2 Comments
Category: Auditing
Tags: ethics, external audit, independence, internal audit, KPMG, PwC, Rentokil Initial
Weekend reading
June 16th, 2007 · 2 Comments
Small Is Essential At 37signals, a company with just eight employees whose Web-based collaboration software is used by thousands of small businesses, there isn’t time to sit around a conference room sipping latte and deconstructing memos. Come to think of it, there isn’t even a company conference room. There are just a couple of cubicles, […]
Category: Business
Tags: 37signals, consulting, fraud, golf, independence, internal audit, Sarbanes-Oxley
