This section is devoted to an analysis of the de facto realisation of these regulatory requirements.
The analysis is based on the interviews’ narratives and a review of local press
and media coverage, and local professional (e.g. Accountancy Journal) and academic journals
(e.g. Zeszyty Teoretyczne SKwP). The subsections commence with the more general,
contextual analysis and then progress to the most detailed issues. First, contextual aspects
associated with the audit services market, professional ethos and professionalisation are
discussed. Second, particular aspects of auditor independence in the audit process are discussed:
programming, investigative and reporting independence (see Mautz and Sharaf,
1961). Third, the aspects associated with perceived individual independence of the auditor
are analysed. The emerging story provide insights into local appropriation of (and resistance
to) the global construct of auditor independence.