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Differences Between Auditors : Auditors ’ Training
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• 55 % from China and 42 % from other countries attended child labor training
In the aggregate , significantly more male auditors received child labor training compared to females ( 55 % vs . 45 %). However , when we compared China to other countries , we found that only in China did male auditors receive significantly more child labor training than their female counterparts ( 61 % vs . 47 %).
It is interesting to note that for all countries except China , there was a significant positive correlation between the number of child labor cases auditors discovered and whether they received child labor training . The strong association between the number of child labor cases and the auditors ’ training in other countries makes us reflect upon the role of child labor training on the increased discovery of child labor incidents . If such connection were true , would it also imply that the kind of training auditors received in China was not effective in helping auditors identify child labor ? Or would it mean that internal factors , such as knowledge and awareness , play little role in the number of discovered child labor cases in China ? Given that , how would we explain the role of gender and experience , which were significantly associated with the number of child labor cases ? While the available data cannot fully answer these questions , the significant difference between China and other countries in terms of who provided the child labor training to these auditors might have interesting implications . As indicated in Figure 9 , three quarters of
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