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Why Auditors Resign

Ever wonder why an auditing company would divorce a client?

 

Here’s what John O’Connor, vice chairman of services at PricewaterhouseCoopers, had to say in early May of 2004 at a forum on auditor independence this week at NYU’s Stern School of Business.

O’Connor gave the three primary reasons why his firm resigns as an auditor:

  1. A failure of the company to manage risk properly
  2. Lack of profitability for PwC
  3. Dissatisfaction with how PwC personnel are being treated.

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