Well, I was just a suit drone into one of their 100 little IT firm around the world.
The nearest I got to an actual AA associate was during a 1 month project in Chicago (: Wasted my time really... They billed 3 months to their clients, for a project that took 1 month, and I was asked to fill the cubicle for 2 month doing nothing. ----- Alain Hebert aheb...@pubnix.net PubNIX Inc. 50 boul. St-Charles P.O. Box 26770 Beaconsfield, Quebec H9W 6G7 Tel: 514-990-5911 http://www.pubnix.net Fax: 514-990-9443 On 05/01/14 18:43, Owen DeLong wrote: > Care to comment on how you feel about the COI that developed between AA > Consulting business at Enron and AA auditing Enron? > > Not asking you to disclose anything confidential, but if you have wisdom to > impart about any sort of generic lessons learned, etc. that might be relevant > to this discussion, I think that could be useful. > > Owen > > On May 1, 2014, at 12:56 PM, Alain Hebert <aheb...@pubnix.net> wrote: > >> Hey, >> >> I worked for them (AA) in the early 90's =D >> >> ----- >> Alain Hebert aheb...@pubnix.net >> PubNIX Inc. >> 50 boul. St-Charles >> P.O. Box 26770 Beaconsfield, Quebec H9W 6G7 >> Tel: 514-990-5911 http://www.pubnix.net Fax: 514-990-9443 >> >> On 05/01/14 14:07, John Souter wrote: >>> On 01/05/14 17:41, Owen DeLong wrote: >>>> The problem with this theory is that if auditors can be so easily put to >>>> the >>>> street, you run into the risk of auditors altering behavior to increase >>>> customer >>>> satisfaction in ways that prevent them from providing the controls that >>>> are the >>>> reason auditors exist in the first place. >>> I disagree. And the power balance is generally tilted way in favour of >>> the auditors, as many people on this thread have already commented. In >>> my experience, most companies are afraid/inhibited to raise issues or >>> challenge their auditors in any way. Nobody is asking auditors to roll >>> over, but if their behaviour is unprofessional/illogical, then a short >>> sharp shock should do the trick. >>> >>>> If you don’t believe me, examine the history of Arthur Anderson and their >>>> relationship with a certain Houston-based company which failed >>>> spectacularly. >>> Can't really comment, but it was financial auditing, and ISTR that many >>> things failed in that situation - not just financial auditing. >>> >>> John >