Auditing Cases 6th Edition by Mark Beasley,Frank Buckless,Steven Glover,Douglas Prawitt

Exercise 3

Professional auditing standards provide guidance on the auditor's consideration of an entity's business environment and associated business risks. (a) What is the auditor's objective for understanding an entity's business environment (b) Why does an auditor not have responsibility to identify or assess all business risks (c) Provide some examples of business risks associated with an entity that an auditor should consider when performing an audit. (d) Provide some additional examples of business risks that might not lead to a risk of material misstatement in the financial statements.