Where were the auditors? This is the question investors and public have been askingafter a number of business collapses and accounting scandals in the21st century. In quite a few of these cases, auditors were implicated in the fraudulent activities.

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Select any one of institutions where auditors were implicated. Briefly describe what happened in this institution and how the auditors failed in their duties. Also discusswhat penalties were imposed and what additional regulatory and legal oversight wasintroduced.

Finally, what do you think are the auditor's responsibilities relating to fraud?

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In the case of the Enron scandal auditors were implicated for their failure to detect the fraudulent activities that led to one of the biggest corpora... View the full answer