What Framework Does Criminal Law Set for the Auditing Profession?

This paper deals with professional liability of auditors seen from the perspective of criminal law of the Czech Republic. The introductory part discusses the essentials of criminal liability, analyses the term “criminal act” and other issues, particularly “fault”: not only from the perspective of criminal liability of natural persons, but also from the perspective of criminal liability of corporations. Special attention is dedicated to participation in crime. Another part of the paper focuses on actus reus of certain types of criminal acts relating to auditing profession, e.g. the fraudulent data misrepresentation or the crime of issuing a false certificate or a report.