Discussion and implications
This study makes a number of contributions to the accounting and corporate
governance literature. Audit committee effectiveness had the highest degree of
explanatory power in the absence of organizational fraud in the logistic regression.
An organization’s audit committee has the important responsibility to oversee
operations and internal control processes. It maintains a close working relationship with
the board of directors, management, and internal and external auditors. SOX extended
audit committee responsibility to the oversight of the issuer’s accounting and financial
reporting processes and financial statement audits. Section 301 of SOX also enables
audit committees to hire, compensate, and oversee the work of external auditors. Hence,
this committee plays a key role in preserving auditor independence. This empirical
research conducted in Hong Kong confirms and further explicates the prior literature
finding that audit committee effectiveness plays a very important role in an
organization’s corporate governance process.
Internal audit effectiveness and the tone at the top were found to be the second and
third most important factors in the logistic regression model. As the internal audit
function provides objective and independent assurance services, thereby ensuring the
effectiveness, efficiency, and economic use of organizational resources, its effectiveness
also plays a key role in the corporate governance process. Similarly, the tone at the top
management level was also associated with the absence of fraud in this study. When
senior management embraces core values and a strong ethical culture, an ethical
environment that helps to reinforce employees’ ethical perceptions and behavior at
work is created. The tone at the top thus provides the cornerstone of ethical behavior
throughout the organization. The empirical results presented herein confirm the prior
literature in this regard, thus contributing to the corporate governance literature,
particularly that focusing on the Asia-Pacific region.
Discussion and implications
This study makes a number of contributions to the accounting and corporate
governance literature. Audit committee effectiveness had the highest degree of
explanatory power in the absence of organizational fraud in the logistic regression.
An organization’s audit committee has the important responsibility to oversee
operations and internal control processes. It maintains a close working relationship with
the board of directors, management, and internal and external auditors. SOX extended
audit committee responsibility to the oversight of the issuer’s accounting and financial
reporting processes and financial statement audits. Section 301 of SOX also enables
audit committees to hire, compensate, and oversee the work of external auditors. Hence,
this committee plays a key role in preserving auditor independence. This empirical
research conducted in Hong Kong confirms and further explicates the prior literature
finding that audit committee effectiveness plays a very important role in an
organization’s corporate governance process.
Internal audit effectiveness and the tone at the top were found to be the second and
third most important factors in the logistic regression model. As the internal audit
function provides objective and independent assurance services, thereby ensuring the
effectiveness, efficiency, and economic use of organizational resources, its effectiveness
also plays a key role in the corporate governance process. Similarly, the tone at the top
management level was also associated with the absence of fraud in this study. When
senior management embraces core values and a strong ethical culture, an ethical
environment that helps to reinforce employees’ ethical perceptions and behavior at
work is created. The tone at the top thus provides the cornerstone of ethical behavior
throughout the organization. The empirical results presented herein confirm the prior
literature in this regard, thus contributing to the corporate governance literature,
particularly that focusing on the Asia-Pacific region.
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