“Guardians of Knowledge and Public Interest”: A Reply
Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal
ISSN: 0951-3574
Article publication date: 1 December 1991
Abstract
The recent article “Guardians of Knowledge and the Public Interest” was highly critical of the UK audit standard‐setting process. However, it was seriously flawed in several respects: it failed to present a balanced view of the “due process” by which auditing standards and guidelines are developed, it did not develop a coherent formulation of what constitutes the “public interest” and it contained misrepresentations and errors of fact. In reply this article corrects the errors and presents an objective view of the standard‐setting process, including its weaknesses. It does not attempt to formulate a definition of the “public interest”, a task which even the courts are unwilling to undertake.
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Citation
Chandler, R.A. (1991), "“Guardians of Knowledge and Public Interest”: A Reply", Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal, Vol. 4 No. 4. https://doi.org/10.1108/EUM0000000001929
Publisher
:MCB UP Ltd
Copyright © 1991, MCB UP Limited