Recently shareholders, managers, market forces, bankers, employees, communities, green groups, legislators, and prospective investors are interesting in both financial and social activities of the organizations. Because external auditors contribute stakeholders to reach thrue, reliable and fair information related to social and financial activities of the organizations, by means of audit reports, it can be accepted that the external audit is the one of the most important professions in business world.On the other hand, it can also be said that this reliable information need has caused to develop the external audit profession. Indeed, especially in the developed countries, external auditors have issued not only audit opinion related to financial statements of organizations but also opinions related to environmental, ethical, and social (also called as sustainability) compliances of organizations. This study attempts to investigate how the external audit profession’s activities related to social audit has arised and developed over the years globally. It also purposes to find out the development level differences between Türkiye and the developed countries.In this study, the development process were investigated by considering activities of the social oriented foundations established in the developed countries, regulations made by accounting organizations, and activities of the leading accounting and auditing firms.When compared with the development process of the external audit profession in the developed countries, it is seen that establishing some regulations related to environmental audit and encouraging businesses to practice ethical and social audits is needed in Türkiye.
Recently shareholders, managers, market forces, bankers, employees, communities, green groups, legislators, and prospective investors are interesting in both financial and social activities of the organizations. Because external auditors contribute stakeholders to reach true, reliable and fair information related to the social and financial activities of the organizations, by means of audit reports, it can be accepted that the external audit is the one of the most important professions in business world.On the other hand, it can also be said that this reliable information need has caused to develop the external audit profession. Indeed, especially in the developed countries, external auditors have issued not only audit opinions related to financial statements of organizations but also opinions related to environmental, ethical, and social (also called sustainability) compliances of organizations. This study attempts to investigate how the external audit profession’s activities related to social audit has arised and developed over the years globally. It also aims to find out the development level differences between Turkey and the developed countries. In this study, the development process was investigated by considering activities of the social oriented foundations established in the developed countries, regulations made by accounting organizations, and activities of the leading accounting and audit firms.When compared with the development process of the external audit profession in the developed countries, it is seen that establishing some regulations related to environmental audit and encouraging
Alan : Sosyal, Beşeri ve İdari Bilimler
Dergi Türü : Uluslararası
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