Reforming Auditing: Incremental change or radical action?
The auditing profession claims to have been through tremendous turmoil as a result of a spate of scandals and professionals being caught off-guard, yet a few years on the profession appears to look remarkably similar to what it was and investors continue to express dissatisfaction. A number of proposals for radical change have been aired, but these never seem to move beyond the ‘late-evening-port’ stage.
Professor Joshua Ronen, Professor of Accounting, New York University Leonard N Stern School of Business will deliver a lecture on Financial Statements Insurance, after which Professor Michael Mainelli, Mercers’ School Memorial Professor of Commerce at Gresham College will talk about Stochastic Accounting
Chair: Lord Sutherland of Houndwood KT FBA, Provost, Gresham College
Monday 6 February 2006, 6 - 7.30 at the Museum of London, London Wall
Followed by a reception at the Museum of London 7.30 - 8.30