audit scope restrictions. The least important risk factors were the difficulties and problems in the
client’s financial performance. The perceived importance of the suggested modifications of audit
programmes was largely related to the perceived importance of the risk factor itself. In summary, it
can be argued that audit firms in Jordan meet the requirements of ISA no. 240 in considering fraud
risk factors and responding to their existence to only a limited degree. These findings are relatively
similar to the findings of other studies conducted in Jordan about the consideration of other risks in
auditing (e.g. Abdullatif & Al-Khadash 2010, on consideration of business risks; Thnaibat &
Shunnaq 2006, on assessment of the internal audit function by external auditors).