In the last few weeks, the agency has directed its corporate auditors to start reviewing the tax returns of dozens of executives and companies, which may have improperly reported stock option grants.

Unlike corporate auditors, they are neither hired nor paid by the home team.

There sat Robinson de Jesus, the son of a barber with a second-grade education, now working as a corporate auditor.

At that company he followed a path into management, from corporate senior internal auditor to accounting manager and finally as manager of general and cost accounting.

Dr. Burgess said the study raised questions about the responsibility of corporate auditors, who express opinions about the financial statements in annual reports.

IS auditing is usually a part of accounting internal auditing, and is frequently performed by corporate internal auditors.

Bunker Ramo sold Chelsea in 1978 to Richard Leavitt, a native Bostonian, avid sailor, and former corporate auditor.

Securities fraud can also include outright theft from investors (embezzlement by stockbrokers), stock manipulation, misstatements on a public company's financial reports, and lying to corporate auditors.

Pity the corporate auditor in Japan.

Some took his departure as a signal that corporate auditors were pushing aside true lovers of literature.