Statutory Auditors' Independence in Protecting Stakeholders' Interest: An Empirical Study

- Comprises a cross country analysis of regulatory and ethical framework for statutory auditors' independence which is not made in studies seen so far;

- Incorporates comparative analysis of statutory auditors' independence in select corporate accounting scandals from different countries across the globe which has not been seen in past studies;

- Examines empirical analysis of primary data collected based on opinions of respondents.