The New Architecture for Auditing Standards

Sorin-Sandu Vînătoru, Sorinel Domnişoru and Daniela Giurescu
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Sorin-Sandu Vînătoru: University of Craiova, Romania
Sorinel Domnişoru: University of Craiova, Romania
Daniela Giurescu: University of Craiova, Romania

Annals of the University of Petrosani, Economics, 2009, vol. 9, issue 4, 313-320

Abstract: The purpose of this paper is to challenge the conceptual basis upon which the current auditing standards are based. The paper critically appraises the Auditors’ Code published by the Auditing Practices Board and containing the nine fundamental and enduring principles upon which current auditing standards are based. It is argued that the nine enduring principles should be replaced by seven enduring tensions – the fault lines of auditing - so as to rethink the conceptual basis of auditing standards. Further research should be carried out to test the robustness of the seven enduring tensions as the basis for standard setting. A first step might be to map the existing standards onto the new conceptual basis. Standard setters can deploy a new architecture for auditing standards and one that addresses the tensions inherent in auditing. Standard setting should be recognised as an activity dominated by ethical choices and concerns.

Keywords: auditing; professional ethics; standards (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2009
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