Dr. Beasley is a member of the COSO's Enterprise Risk Management Advisory Council and the AICPA's Antifraud Programs and Controls Task Force. Dr. Beasley has actively conducted research related to financial statement fraud. One study, published in The Accounting Review, was the recipient of the American Accounting Association's 1995 Competitive Manuscript Award and the 2002 Auditing Section's Notable Contributions to the Auditing Literature Award. He has also conducted research addressing other board of director and audit committee issues, auditor quality issues, and the use of analytical procedures in multi-location companies. His work has been published in journals such as the Journal of Accounting Research, Contemporary Accounting Research, Auditing: A Journal of Practice & Theory, Accounting Horizons, Journal of the American Taxation Association, Journal of Accountancy, and The CPA Journal, among numerous others. He currently serves on the Editorial Boards for Auditing: A Journal of Practice and Theory, Accounting Horizons, Issues in Accounting Education, and the Journal of Forensic Accounting. Dr. Beasley is co-author of a study performed for the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO), Fraudulent Financial Reporting: 1987-1997, An Analysis of U.S. Public Companies. The study examines approximately 200 financial fraud cases and offers insights for improving financial reporting. The results of the study apparently have influenced NYSE and NASDAQ listing requirements, as well as SEC disclosure rules, for smaller public companies. He also is co-author of the AICPA monograph, Fraud-Related SEC Enforcement Actions Against Auditors: 1987-1997. He has previously served on Auditing Standards Board task forces, including the SAS No. 99 Fraud Task Force |