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General Characteristics of the Audit as Legal Control
The development of the audit as form of legal control is related to resolving the Principal -Agent conflict in management. In contemporary management theory, public regulation of business activity is derived from the relationship between a principal and an agent in which the latter is encouraged (through incentives and / or sanctions) to act in support of the principal's goals. Such relationships exist wherever needs of time, knowledge, or experience motivate individuals or organizations to designate…