We know that an audit is of value to a variety of stakeholders to engender trust and
confidence, but for many different purposes, which do not fit into the simple agency
model. The corporate world is complex. Companies’ financial information is publicly
available and other stakeholders such as regulators, creditors and lenders will therefore
claim an interest in it and the audit. The expectations of these other stakeholders and their
understanding of the purpose of an audit may be significantly at odds with those of
shareholders or auditors, or indeed regulators and stakeholders in other countries. This in
turn impacts on the varying demands for improvements in audit quality.
We are aware of the fact that auditors are agents too and will have their own motives and
interests which, if the simple agency model was applied, would result in a lack of trust in
auditors and an ongoing need to find further mechanisms for aligning the interests of
shareholders, directors and auditors. This cycle can only ever be broken if trust in agents is
established
We know that an audit is of value to a variety of stakeholders to engender trust andconfidence, but for many different purposes, which do not fit into the simple agencymodel. The corporate world is complex. Companies’ financial information is publiclyavailable and other stakeholders such as regulators, creditors and lenders will thereforeclaim an interest in it and the audit. The expectations of these other stakeholders and theirunderstanding of the purpose of an audit may be significantly at odds with those ofshareholders or auditors, or indeed regulators and stakeholders in other countries. This inturn impacts on the varying demands for improvements in audit quality.We are aware of the fact that auditors are agents too and will have their own motives andinterests which, if the simple agency model was applied, would result in a lack of trust inauditors and an ongoing need to find further mechanisms for aligning the interests ofshareholders, directors and auditors. This cycle can only ever be broken if trust in agents isestablished
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