assignment

1. Ethics and Professionalism Project Assignment

You are to perform research on the subject of ethics and professionalism in accounting and auditing.

Write a one to two-page single-spaced paper that discusses the impact that regulations, accounting, and auditing standards have on the ethics of accountants and auditors and how these regulations, accounting, and auditing standards impact how they perform their work. You are to select either one of the following: (1) specific regulation, (2) specific accounting standard (3) specific auditing standard (4) specific professional standard. An example of a specific professional standard is the AICPA has a Code of Ethics that provides information on ethics.

The paper must have an introduction, body, and conclusion. Cite your sources in APA format. The paper must have at least three citations. The citations page does not count towards the one to two-page count.

Write in your own words. A paper with excessive quotations is not in your own words. Consider the academic integrity assignment for our course. Write to show your mastery of concepts and topics for our course.

2. Audit software project and analysis

Instructions

Auditors use electronic software programs such as ACL (Galvanize) and Teammate software to help them conduct testing of the client’s data and documentation. In addition, auditors use electronic software such as Idea to help them perform sampling of the client’s data.

Research two Audit Software programs:

Select (1) either ACL (Galvanize) or IDEA and (2) Teammate.

In a report, 2-3 pages single-spaced, describe the purpose of the audit software and describe its capabilities. Provide at least two examples of how companies have used the software as it relates to audit capacity. Discuss the benefits of using the software. Discuss disadvantages from using the software if any. Finally, discuss in detail how you would use the software in the context of the SEC Company that you selected.

https://www.wegalvanize.com

https://www.idea.caseware.com

TeamMate Audit Solutions | Wolters Kluwer

All reports are to be single-spaced using the 12-point font size. Sources for the report are not included in the minimum number of pages neither is the cover page if you choose to prepare one.