Episode 38 - Dr. Clive S. Lennox

<p>In a world where rules are written in ink and consequences are written in stone, there is a quiet but powerful force moving behind the curtain of compliance.</p><p><br></p><p>Not in the audit file. Not in the fieldwork. But in the rules themselves.</p><p><br></p><p>Meet Clive Lennox.</p><p><br></p><p>Oxford-educated. Razor-minded. Calm as a ledger that actually balances on the first try.</p><p><br></p><p>Clive stands at the gates of regulation, where the mighty edicts of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA), the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC),  and the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) are forged, and asks a dangerous question: “What if we tried it first?”</p><p><br></p><p>Armed not with assumptions, but with evidence. Not with urgency, but with method.</p><p><br></p><p>Clive brings the scientific method into a world that too often runs on precedent and pressure.</p><p><br></p><p>Hypothesis. Test. Observe. Refine.</p><p><br></p><p>Because in Clive’s world, regulations shouldn’t just sound good, they should work.</p><p><br></p><p>Before a single rule reshapes the profession, Clive has already been there quietly proving whether it should.</p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p>CHAPTERS:</p><p>03:30 Sarbanes-Oxley: a case study in rushed rulemaking</p><p>05:30 Why no pilot testing means no control group</p><p>08:56 Has the PCAOB ever done a real pilot?</p><p>10:45 Critical Audit Matters (CAMs): a near-accidental control group</p><p>15:20 How Dr. Lennox tries to influence legislators and regulators</p><p>17:15 What the CAM research actually found</p><p>23:05 Non-audit services: does restricting them improve audit quality?</p><p>28:00 Auditor independence in the gray zone</p><p>30:20 Horror story: how internal control reporting requirements backfired</p><p>33:50 How can listeners help Dr. Lennox&#39;s mission?</p><p>36:50 Connecting with state-level policy organizations</p><p>43:00 US audit quality vs. the world: how do we stack up</p><p>45:30 Closing thoughts and wrap-up</p><p><br></p><p>ABOUT DR. CLIVE S. LENNOX</p><p>Clive Lennox joined the Leventhal School of Accounting in 2015. His research interests include auditing, voluntary disclosure, corporate fraud, and empirical research methods. He has published more than 35 articles in the top-tier accounting journals (Journal of Accounting and Economics, Journal of Accounting Research, The Accounting Review, Contemporary Accounting Research, and the Review of Accounting Studies). His research and teaching received numerous prizes, including the Notable Contribution to the Auditing Literature Award from the American Accounting Association. Clive is an associate editor at the Journal of Accounting Research and the Journal of Accounting and Economics. He is also a former editor at The Accounting Review and Contemporary Accounting Research.</p><p></p>