Factors affecting auditors' independence in Singapore

• Main Authors: Chan, San San, Kee, Boon Lee, Ang, Soh Lian
• Other Authors: Foo, See Liang
• Format: Final Year Project
• Published: 2008
• Subjects: DRNTU::Business::Auditing
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/11701
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

This research studied the factors affecting auditors' independence from two perspectives; the audit firm as a single economic entity and the individual auditors. Several factors such as the client's ability to negotiate audit fee were found to affect auditors' independence aversely wh...