ABSTRACT
Accounting profession
has been regarded as the profession for the people of integrity and objective. The public tend to rely and put their
confidence in any business that have the impact of an accounting professional.
The public feel secured in dealing prepared with any business entity that has
its books prepared and audited by an accounting professional. These trust and
confidence seems to be getting evaded based on the failure that still happen to
some of these business entities despite the fact that their books are being
examined periodically by these professional. This project is an attempt to find
out where exactly the problems lies, the level of the auditors involvement in
the collapse of the business, the integrity issue of the auditor and what could
be done to further strengthen the inferences of ethical standards of the
practitioners especially the sole practitioners so, as to ensure the survival
of business entities.
TABLE OF CONTENT
Title i
Approval
ii
Dedication iii
Acknowledgement
iv
Abstract v
Table of
contents vi
Chapter One - Introduction
1.1 Background of the study 1
1.2 Statement of problem 3
1.3 Objective of the study 4
1.4 Research
Question 4
1.5 Research
Hypothesis 4
1.6 Significance of
the study 5
1.7 Scope of the
Study 6
1.8 Limitation of
the Study 7
1.9 Definition of
Terms 8
Chapter Two - Literature review
2.1 Introduction 9
2.2 Standard Cost System 10
Chapter Three - Research methodology
3.1 Research design 13
3.2 Population of the Study 13
3.3 Sample Size and Sample Techniques 14
3.4 Research Instrument 14
3.5 Validation of Instrument 14
3.6 Reliability of the Instrument 15
3.7 Method of Data Analysis 15
3.8 Validity of the Instrument 15
3.9 Method of Data Collection 16
Chapter Four - Data Analysis and Presentation
4.1 Introduction 23
4.1 Data Analysis 23
4.3 Test of Hypothesis 27
Chapter Five - Summary conclusion and
recommendation
5.1 Summary 35
5.2 Conclusion 36
5.3 Recommendation 37
References 38
Appendix 39
Questionnaire 40
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