Chad, Serena, and Lavone are CPAs and members of a team that will be providing audit services
Question:
Chad, Serena, and Lavone are CPAs and members of a team that will be providing audit services to Celeon Industries, a public company. The three CPAs are attending a planning meeting with the department managers of Celeon. When they arrive at the meeting, Chad is surprised to see a familiar face among the department managers. Karena, the asset control manager for Celeon, was at a birthday celebration that Chad attended last weekend for Paloma, the managing director of the firm Chad works for. Chad doesn’t recall Serena or Lavone being at the birthday party, so it is unlikely they would recognize Karena. Chad and Karena talked quite a lot at the party, so he is confused when Karena acts as if she doesn’t recognize him. This unexpected situation has Chad questioning the independence rule and wondering if there may be a covered member relationship that he should be concerned about.
Required:
Briefly describe the independence rule and how it pertains to the independence of mind and independence of appearance.
Describe the concept of a covered member relationship.
Explain whether there is cause for Chad to be concerned about a covered member relationship or impaired independence.
Organizations Behavior, Structure, Processes
ISBN: 978-0078112669
14th Edition
Authors: Gibson, Ivancevich, Donnelly, Konopaske