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1、本科畢業(yè)論文(設計)外文翻譯外文題目Canauditcommitteesdeliver?外文出處CAMagazine,Sep2010外文作者JeanBedardandYvesGendron原文:Canauditcommitteesdeliver?Inthequesttostrengthenthefinancialreportingsystem,it'sbeenquestionedwhethertheymeetexpectations。Theaccountingscandalsofthepastdecadehaveputtheauditcommi
2、tteeattheforefrontofthebattleagainstfraudulentfinancialreporting.Regulationsregardingauditcommitteecompositionandresponsibilityhavebeenenactedtoimprovethequalityoffinancialinformationandstrengtheninvestorconfidenceinthequalityoffinancialreportingandfinancialmarkets.Auditcomm
3、itteeshavebeenaroundformorethan40years,withCanadaaforerunnerwiththeOntarioBusinessCorporationActrequiringthemin1970.Inresponsetocorporatescandals,variousstakeholdergroupshavemaderecommendationsandproposedregulationstoextendtheirroleandresponsibilitiesandstrengthentheireffect
4、iveness.However,questionshavebeenraisedregardingtheextenttowhichauditcommitteesactuallymeetexpectationssurroundingtheirroleasakeycorporategovernancemechanism.ArecentarticleintheInternationalJournalofAuditing,whichreviewsresearchonauditcommitteeeffectivenesspublishedinacademi
5、cjournalsfrom1994to2008,shedslightonthematter.auditcommitteecharacteristicsrelatedtocomposition,authority,resourcesandprocessesmayimprovethequalityofinformationdirectlybyoverseeingthefinancialreportingprocessandindirectlythroughtheoversightofinternalcontrolandexternalauditin
6、g.Intheend,betterinformationqualityaswellasstrengthenedcontrolsmayresultininvestorsbeingmoreconfidentaboutthequalityoffinancialreportingandthefunctioningoffinancialmarkets.Researchershaveusedvariousindicatorstomeasureauditcommitteeeffectiveness,includingfinancialreportingqua
7、litymeasures(e.g.,fraudulentfinancialreportingandrestatementsoffinancialstatements);externalauditqualitymeasures(e.g.,industryspecializationoftheauditorandauditorindependence);internalcontrolinvolvementandinvestorperceptions.Weexaminethreesubcharacteristicsofauditcommitteess
8、ubjecttoregulationbytheCanadianSecuritiesAdministrators:independence,compet