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
