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Expectation Gap - Sikka, 2009

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aim of study   to stimulate debates about auditing practices in the wake of the financial crisis  
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auditors collect   large amounts in audit and non-audit fees  
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questions regarding the value of   - company audits - auditor independence - quality - economic incentives for good audit - knowledge base of auditor  
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audits are a reassurance to   all who have a financial interest in the companies  
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auditors have cemented their privilege on the basis that   their expertise enables them to mediate uncertainty and construct independent, objective, true and fair accounts of corporate affairs  
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claims of expertise get punctured when   there are corporate collapses, frauds, and failures  
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markets have not   been assured by unqualified audit opinion  
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need reflection on   the role, value and independence of auditors  
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audit firms are   capitalist enterprises and are dependent upon companies and their directors for income  
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fee dependency impairs   claims of independence and has capacity to silence auditors  
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auditing firms used the crisis   to demand further liability concessions and increase profits  
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