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Reinventing auditing, redefining consulting and independence

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This paper deals with recent developments in auditing, taking KPMG's 'business measurement process' as its example. From this example it is discussed how and why auditing is currently being 'reinvented'. The 'reinvention' of auditing, it is argued, represents a fundamental break with the established epistemological dualism between auditing and management advisory services,1 that is central to most literature on auditor independence, including the European Commission's Green Paper. Consequently, it is not only auditing that is being reinvented, it is also consulting and independence, and the consequences of this rupture are finally discussed. The paper concludes that the auditor cannot be independent because auditing is no longer independent.

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  • Kim Klarskov Jeppesen, 1998. "Reinventing auditing, redefining consulting and independence," European Accounting Review, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 7(3), pages 517-539.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:euract:v:7:y:1998:i:3:p:517-539
    DOI: 10.1080/096381898336402
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