The auditing firm of Samuels, Muir, Malcolm and Associates is recruiting persons to be a part of the audit team, to audit the books of several of its audit clients. Applications were received from qualified auditors and recent university graduates. The partners are concerned that the panel of interviewers must pay careful attention to the qualifications of applicants, and diligence must be carried out to ensure that short listed applicants are conforming to the Code of Ethics for Auditors.

During the process of interviewing the applicants, the panel discovered that Nardia Sinclair, a qualified auditor, was a recent employee of one the firms audit client and that she was employed by the client as its Chief Financial Officer. It was also discovered that Dexanne McDonald, a recent university graduate, had a 25% shareholding in a company that the auditing firm, of Samuels, Muir, Malcolm and Associates will be auditing. The members of the panel were impressed with these two candidates and would want to offer them employment but are concerned about the prevailing issues.

Assuming that you were one of the panalists conducting the interview, provide plausible reasons why you would advise the entire panel of interviewers to eith make or not to make a job offer to Nordia Sinclair and Dexanne McDonald. [13 marks].