Ruan Jooste’s Rants and Cents: The real problem with the auditing profession isn’t conscious corruption, it’s unconscious bias
By Ruan Jooste | Published Aug 13, 2023
The audit profession has been in the news plenty over the years and all over the world, and never for the right reasons. From the Enron scandal in the US that brought Arthur Anderson down with it to the Wirecard impropriety in Europe, which saw Germany's accounting watchdog fine EY and ban it from some audits in the country.