Intimidation threat
a. Is not a threat to independence.
b. Occurs when a member of the
assurance team may be deterred
from acting objectively and
exercising professional skepticism
by threats, actual or perceived, from
the directors, officers or employees
of an assurance client
c. Occurs when, by virtue of a close
relationship with an assurance client, its
directors, officers or employees, a firm or
a member of the assurance team
becomes too sympathetic to the client's
interests.
d. Occurs when a firm, or a member of the
assurance team, promotes, or may be
perceived to promote, an assurance
client's position or opinion to the point
that objectivity may, or may be
perceived to be, compromised.
a. Is not a threat to independence.
b. Occurs when a member of the
assurance team may be deterred
from acting objectively and
exercising professional skepticism
by threats, actual or perceived, from
the directors, officers or employees
of an assurance client
c. Occurs when, by virtue of a close
relationship with an assurance client, its
directors, officers or employees, a firm or
a member of the assurance team
becomes too sympathetic to the client's
interests.
d. Occurs when a firm, or a member of the
assurance team, promotes, or may be
perceived to promote, an assurance
client's position or opinion to the point
that objectivity may, or may be
perceived to be, compromised.