Review
I have used the book for several years because it is well written and has good supplementary material (including the website and PowerPoint slides.)
I like the proposed change of focus. The author is correct to refocus the text away from assurance services and emphasize on fraud, restatement, and earnings management. In fact I was looking at a new textbook for my auditing class next fall that emphasizes fraud and earning management.
About the Author
David N. Ricchiute, Deloitte & Touche Professor of Accountancy, University of Notre Dame, has published articles in The Accounting Review, the Journal of Accounting Research, Accounting Organizations & Society, the Journal of Applied Psychology, Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, the Journal of Experimental Psychology, Issues in Accounting Education, the Journal of Accountancy, and The CPA Journal, among others. Formerly on the audit staff of Price Waterhouse (now PricewaterhouseCoopers) and a visiting professor at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, he has served as Director of Research of the Audit Section of the American Accounting Association (AAA), on the editorial boards of accounting and auditing journals, as an educational and professional consultant to public accounting firms, law firms, and state audit agencies throughout the country, and on committees of the AICPA and the AAA, including the AAA Audit Section's Task Force on Future Audit, Attestation, and Assurance Services. His teaching awards include: Outstanding Teacher of the Year, College of Business Administration, University of Notre Dame.