Sustainable corporate governance reduces audit issues, boosts corporate reliability.
The study looked at how good corporate governance affects audit issues reported by external auditors. They focused on a new auditing standard called ISA 701 in Europe, using data from non-financial companies on the Italian Stock Exchange. The results showed that companies with strong and sustainable governance tend to have fewer key audit matters in their audit reports. This suggests that high-quality internal governance can reduce perceived corporate risk and complexity.