It is necessary to emphasise the importance of audit firms in Jordan and similar contexts educating auditors and supervising them on the importance of dealing with fraud risk factors in a financial statement audit, since many of these may potentially cause an incentive or an opportunity to commit fraud. This is particularly important for audit firms in developing countries that are members of international audit firms and have to apply a worldwide audit methodology and programme of detailed procedures. The international audit firm should monitor the application of these procedures and continuously educate its audit members around the world as to the importance of fraud risk factors and modifying audit programmes as a result. A similar responsibility of monitoring and educating auditors and supervising their performance lies with audit associations and regulatory authorities in Jordanand other developing countries.
Avenues for future research on fraud risk factors and their effects on audit programmes include replicating this study in different contexts to explore how views of auditors in different countries (developing and more-developed) differ, why such differences exist, and how they may affect the practice of auditing. In addition, more detailed studies (in different contexts) on modifying audit programmes as a result of the presence of fraud risk factors, and the reasons for possible differences in results would be very useful in contributing to our knowledge.
It is hoped that the findings of this study will contribute to our understanding of the application of the financial statement audit in different contexts, and potentially improve the quality and effectiveness of auditing in Jordan and in similar contexts