Rapid development of new technologies and their easy implementation introduces new risks that must be faced. This diploma thesis concentrates at payment card industry. Payment card industry come through significant development. Billions of dollar each year flow through these systems. New technologies like contactless cards, prepaid brand cards are emerging, ATM and payment terminal support new services and products. Merchant are looking for new opportunities. This situation brings along new threats and introduces new vulnerabilities. These are not necessarily new, only the whole environment got much more complicated and digger. Unfortunately the acting threats and vulnerabilities were not eliminated. Missing legislation measures and restricted enforceability are not sufficient to effectively fight against crime in this area. On the other hand sever organizations are aware of these threats and tries to face them. New security requirements were introduced for each separate subjects of payment card industry so that the risks are eliminated or their impact is reduced to an acceptable degree. Some of these requirements were already implemented and are in the scope of this work. The goal of this work is to explore these requirements. To find out what risks they are affecting and how effective they are. And in case of need help to implement the appropriate security measure. This work is practically oriented and can help responsible persons to ensure compliance with the requirements and face all effecting threats.

<p>The content of the audit report is often discussed. The aim of this paper is to explain the content in the audit reports and define similarities and differences among audit reports in Swedish listed companies. The analysis is based on data collected from 757 audit reports in Swedish listed companies between 2006 and 2008, it is 98.57 percent of the total population. </p><p>The study show that several reports deviate from the Swedish audit standards both in terms of form and content. Only a few reports contain extra information, not required by the Swedish Generally Accepted Audit Standards (GAAS). The audit report mainly deviate from the audit standard in terms length, audit firm used, audited company size and branch. We have found a number of variables that influence deviations from the audit standard; these are length of the report, extra information, language, presence of sub-headings, currency, audit firm, number of auditors, number of employees, net turnover, profit/loss, list on the Stockholm Stock Exchange and branch of the audited company.<strong> </strong></p><p>We believe deviations due to mistakes could easily be overcome by a greater awareness from the auditors’. In order to alert auditors about problematic parts the Swedish Institute of Authorized Public Accountants (FAR) need to pay more attention to the audit reports form and content issues.</p><p><strong>Key words: </strong>Audit report,<strong> </strong>Audit standard, Content of audit report, Form of audit report, Listed companies.</p> / <p>Revisionsberättelsens innehåll är omdiskuterat. Syftet med denna uppsats är att förklara innehållet i revisionsberättelser i Svenska börsnoterade bolag samt att definiera likheter och skillnader dem emellan. Analysen består av data insamlat från 757 revisionsberättelser i svenska börsnoterade bolag mellan 2006 och 2008, vilket motsvarar 98.57 procent av den totala populationen.</p><p>Studien visar att flera revisionsberättelser avviker från den Svenska revisionsstandarden (RS) både i förhållande till formalia och innehåll. Endast ett fåtal innehöll extra information som inte är obligatoriskt i förhållande till RS. Revisionsberättelserna skiljer sig främst åt i fråga om dokumentets längd, revisionsfirma, bolagsstorlek och bransch tillhörighet.    Vi har hittat flera variabler som påverkar avvikelser från RS, dessa är längd, förekomsten av extra information, språk, förekomst av underrubriker, valuta i årsredovisningen, revisionsfirma, antal revisorer, antal anställda, omsättning, vinst/förlust, lista på Stockholms börsen och bransch tillhörighet.</p><p>Vi tror att avvikelser beroende på misstag lätt kan korrigeras genom ökad medvetenhet av revisorerna. För att uppmärksamma revisorerna på problematiska delar borde bransch organisationen för revisorer (FAR) tydligare fokusera på revisionsberättelsens formalia och innehåll.</p><p><strong>Nyckelord:</strong> Revisionsberättelse, Revisionsberättelsens innehåll, Revisionsberättelsens formalia, Börsnoterade bolag.</p> / VG

The content of the audit report is often discussed. The aim of this paper is to explain the content in the audit reports and define similarities and differences among audit reports in Swedish listed companies. The analysis is based on data collected from 757 audit reports in Swedish listed companies between 2006 and 2008, it is 98.57 percent of the total population.  The study show that several reports deviate from the Swedish audit standards both in terms of form and content. Only a few reports contain extra information, not required by the Swedish Generally Accepted Audit Standards (GAAS). The audit report mainly deviate from the audit standard in terms length, audit firm used, audited company size and branch. We have found a number of variables that influence deviations from the audit standard; these are length of the report, extra information, language, presence of sub-headings, currency, audit firm, number of auditors, number of employees, net turnover, profit/loss, list on the Stockholm Stock Exchange and branch of the audited company. We believe deviations due to mistakes could easily be overcome by a greater awareness from the auditors’. In order to alert auditors about problematic parts the Swedish Institute of Authorized Public Accountants (FAR) need to pay more attention to the audit reports form and content issues. Key words: Audit report, Audit standard, Content of audit report, Form of audit report, Listed companies. / Revisionsberättelsens innehåll är omdiskuterat. Syftet med denna uppsats är att förklara innehållet i revisionsberättelser i Svenska börsnoterade bolag samt att definiera likheter och skillnader dem emellan. Analysen består av data insamlat från 757 revisionsberättelser i svenska börsnoterade bolag mellan 2006 och 2008, vilket motsvarar 98.57 procent av den totala populationen. Studien visar att flera revisionsberättelser avviker från den Svenska revisionsstandarden (RS) både i förhållande till formalia och innehåll. Endast ett fåtal innehöll extra information som inte är obligatoriskt i förhållande till RS. Revisionsberättelserna skiljer sig främst åt i fråga om dokumentets längd, revisionsfirma, bolagsstorlek och bransch tillhörighet.    Vi har hittat flera variabler som påverkar avvikelser från RS, dessa är längd, förekomsten av extra information, språk, förekomst av underrubriker, valuta i årsredovisningen, revisionsfirma, antal revisorer, antal anställda, omsättning, vinst/förlust, lista på Stockholms börsen och bransch tillhörighet. Vi tror att avvikelser beroende på misstag lätt kan korrigeras genom ökad medvetenhet av revisorerna. För att uppmärksamma revisorerna på problematiska delar borde bransch organisationen för revisorer (FAR) tydligare fokusera på revisionsberättelsens formalia och innehåll. Nyckelord: Revisionsberättelse, Revisionsberättelsens innehåll, Revisionsberättelsens formalia, Börsnoterade bolag. / VG

The name and the topic of my thesis is evaluation of the quality of given nursing care. The quality of nursing care as integral part of quality of medical care is gaining ground not only in medics but also in public. Words like quality, standard, audit are commonly used by every nurse but do they know meaning of separate words? Do they know how to ensure high-quality care and how to evaluate it? These and other questions must be answered in order to retrieve possible insufficiencies and thus, to ensure high-quality nursing care. That´s why I chose this topic for my thesis. Theoretical part first characterizes nursing, its aims and organization of nursing care. Extensive part is devoted to quality of nursing care, systems and models to ensure and evaluate the quality. Practical part is focused on research and its interpretation. There were two research units and were created by nurses from surgical wards of Hospital in České Budějovice and Hospital in Jihlava. In order to collect needed data I chose quantitative method, when the way of data collecting was questionnaire. The aim of the thesis was to chart nurses´ knowledge on evaluation of quality of given nursing care through two hypotheses. The hypothesis supposing that nurses working in Hospital České Budějovice know more about evaluation of quality of given nursing care than nurses working in Hospital Jihlava was confirmed. But it is evident from the results that both investigated units have certain reserves. The other hypothesis supposing that more than 80% nurses consider the audits helpful for improving the quality of nursing care was not confirmed. According to the results, for more than half of addressed nurses audit is only stressing matter when hospital management looks for faults in their work. I mean, this opinion results from insufficient knowledge or incorrect understanding of the audit sense. I would like to use the thesis and its results as a base for creating scientific lectures and subsequent presentation. The head nurse asked me to present my thesis and the results at the meeting of head nurses in autumn 2008. I was asked for the results by Jihlava Hospital management as well.

L'objet de la thèse est d'analyser à travers l'étude des représentations et du comportement décisionnel du commissaire aux comptes, le processus d'audit légal dans un contexte de PME dont le système d'information est basé sur un PGI. Par conséquent, il s'agit de déterminer si la présence d'un système informatique intégré au sein de la PME contrôlée, est de nature à faire évoluer le processus d'audit légal. Dans le cadre d'une démarche interprétative et qualitative, des investigations ont été menées auprès de commissaires aux comptes, auditant en univers PGI/PME. Elles ont permis d'énoncer deux résultats majeurs. Le premier révèle que les progiciels de gestion intégrés sont créateurs de confiance pour certains répondants, mais suscitent également de la défiance pour d'autres. Toutefois, c'est la position critique qui est dominante. Le second enseignement de cette recherche souligne qu'il existe une évolution variable dans la pratique des auditeurs, ce qui met partiellement en échec la théorie de l'adaptabilité décisionnelle de l'individu. Plus généralement, les observations tendent à montrer que la technologie PGI ne remet pas en cause la finalité et les fondements de la démarche du certificateur. / The aim of this thesis is to analyse - through the study of the representations and decision-making behaviour of the legal auditor - the legal audit process in an SME-context where the information system is based on an ERP. Therefore, we intend to determine whether the presence of an integrated information system within the audited SME is likely to alter the legal audit process. In the framework of an interpretative and qualitative approach, investigations were carried out among legal auditors working in an SME/ERP environment. These surveys have allowed us to formulate two major results. The first result reveals that ERPs are trustworthy systems to some respondents, but they also arouse mistrust in others. However, on the whole, the sentiment of mistrust prevails. The second result of this research indicates that varied and unsettled changes exist in each auditors'work methods, which partly challenges the theory of individual decision-making adaptability. More generally speaking, observations tend to show that ERP technology doesn't call into question the purpose and the fondations of the auditor's approach.

本文主要針對因安隆公司所造成的會計醜聞事件對美國資本市場及投資大眾之影響，因此為解決公司治理及重建投資人之信心，美國國會迅速通過「沙賓法案」。由於沙賓法案對在美國的公開發行公司有重大的影響，尤其是第404條管理階層對內部控制之評估影響最大，故以沙賓法案第404條來探討其對金融業的影響及執行細節。 本論文分為五個章節 第一章，緒論為研究動機、研究目的、研究架構、研究方法 第二章，沙賓法案之產生背景、目的、內容及美國會計監督委員會之成立。 第三章，主要說明沙賓法案第404條相關內部控制之要求，及金融業如何藉由COSO的內部控制架構來證明其財務報表內部控制制度(ICOFR)之有效性及自我評估之要求。 第四章，沙賓法案對金融業所造成之影響及應採取之步驟。 第五章，結論與建議