The paper argues that adopting a form of skepticism, Skeptical-Dogmatism, recommends disbelieving each philosophical position in many multi-proposition disputes- disputes where there are three or more contrary views-leads to higher ratio true false beliefs than the “average philosopher” (as indicated by survey data). Hence, Skeptical-Dogmatists have accurate average philosopher. As corollary, m...

The main objective of the study is at fi rst identifying the expectation gap about audit responsibility and the second quantifying the expectation gap in Iran. In order to collecting data, a questionnaire designed and developed between auditors and investors. Collected data analyzed by employing non-parametric statistics test. The results show that there is expectation gap between auditors and ...

Glenn Perry focuses on regulation of auditors. He first describes tie forms of accounting regulation, including self-regulation, peer regulation, state licensing authorities, and private litigation. Perry then discusses the SEC's oversight of independent auditors and its remedies for misconduct. He describes the conflict that exists between punitive regulations and preventivecorrective regulati...

Privacy audit logs are used to capture the actions of participants in a data sharing environment in order for auditors to check compliance with privacy policies. However, collusion may occur between the auditors and participants to obfuscate actions that should be recorded in the audit logs. In this paper, we propose a Linked Data based method of utilizing blockchain technology to create tamper...

THE MEDICAL or food quack is one of the most pernicious influences scientific nutrition has to meet. The food quack today uses many of the same devices, modernized, that the patent-medicine vendor used a generation ago. The quack of former days was so crude in his statements that the modern consumer wonders how people ever could have believed such buncombe. Even today there is plenty of flagran...

All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing. Introduction The auditing profession is unusual in its depth and breadth of authoritative standards, including the AICPA Code of Conduct, state ethics laws and regulations, professional auditing standards and firm–sponsored policies. Despite, or perhaps because of, this extensive set of guidelines, numerous accounts in t...

This study aims to examine the effect of auditor experience, ethics, professional skepticism, and personality type on fraud detection. research was designed using a quantitative approach. Data analysis multiple linear regression model with spps software. There are several tests carried out before carrying data analysis. The prerequisite include validity, reliability, normality, multicollinearit...

This paper explores a few of the ways that the Zhuang-Zi can inform contemporary analytic epistemology. I begin, in section 1, by briefly outlining and summarizing the case for my fictionalist interpretation of the text. In section 2, I discuss how the Zhuang-Zi can be brought into productive dialogue with the question of how we should respond to skeptical arguments. Specifically, I argue that ...