Commercialization of accounting profession: the case of non-audit services

• Main Authors: Muhamad Sori, Zulkarnain, Karbhari, Yusuf, Ramadilli Mohd, Shamsher Mohamad
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Faculty of Economics and Management, Universiti Putra Malaysia 2010
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/39476/1/39476.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/39476/; http://econ.upm.edu.my/ijem/vol4_no2.htm
• Institution: Universiti Putra Malaysia

Over the last decade, the accounting profession has witnessed the commercialisation of audit firms through offering of non-audit services (i.e. business consultancy services) to their audit client. Regulators and stakeholders have placed a great concern on the potential threat of commercialization o...