1. What distinguishes management fraud from a defalcation?

2. What are an auditor's responsibilities under auditing standards to detect management fraud?

3. What are some characteristics of management fraud that an audit team should consider to fulfill the responsibilities under auditing standards?

4. What factors might and audit team notice that should heighten the concern about the existence of management fraud?

5. Under what circumstances might an audit team have a duty to disclose management's frauds to parties other than the company's management and its board of directors?