5 You are an audit manager in Bartolome, a firm of Chartered Certified Accountants. You ha

5 You are an audit manager in Bartolome, a firm of Chartered Certified Accountants. You have specific responsibility

for undertaking annual reviews of existing clients and advising whether an engagement can be properly continued.

The following matters have arisen in connection with recent assignments:

(a) Leon Dormido is the senior in charge of the audit of the financial statements of Moreno, a limited liability

company, for the year ending 30 June 2005. Moreno’s Chief Executive Officer, James Bay, has just sent you an

e-mail to advise you that Leon has been short-listed for the position of Finance Director. You were not previously

aware that Leon had applied for the position. (5 marks)

Required:

Comment on the ethical and other professional issues raised by each of the above matters and their implications,

if any, for the continuation of each assignment.

NOTE: The mark allocation is shown against each of the three issues.

5 BARTOLOME(a) Senior audit staff leaving for employment with clientEthical and professional issues■ Leon’s independence is in doubt as he is threatened by self-interest. Leon’s objectivity in relation to the audit may beinfluenced by a desire to please a