Auditing standards also require auditors to maintain
professional scepticism—an attitude that includes a
questioning mind and a critical assessment of audit
evidence. The ability to think in a critical manner
about how the current economic environment may
affect the company’s financial statements, to identify
significant risks of material misstatement, to develop
appropriate audit responses, to obtain and assess the
sufficiency and appropriateness of audit evidence and
to reach well-informed professional judgements is
integral to performing a quality audit.