Expectation Gap and Corporate Fraud: Is Public Opinion Reconcilable with Auditors’ Duties? Jeffrey Cohena‚ Yuan Dingb‚ Cédric Lesagec‚* and Hervé Stolowyc b Carroll School of Management at Boston College‚ USA China-Europe International Business School (CEIBS)‚ Shanghai‚ China c HEC Paris‚ France a This draft – October 28‚ 2010 – Please do not cite or circulate without permission – Comments welcome Acknowledgments. Cédric Lesage and Hervé Stolowy acknowledge the financial support of the HEC Foundation
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Accounting Fraud at WorldCom 1) What are the pressures that lead executives and managers to “cook the books?” After the rapid evolution of the telecommunication industry in the 1990s‚ WorldCom shifted its strategy to focus on building revenues and acquiring capacity sufficient to handle expected growth. Their biggest goal was to be the No. 1 stock on Wall Street rather than capturing the market share. As a result‚ their Expense-to-Revenue (E/R) Ratio was their measurement for their main objective
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evaluate the events that occurred prior (causes) and subsequent (outcome) to the fraud‚ and the accounting schemes employed to get the fraud done. It presents examples of companies who have used inappropriate accounting practices. Enron‚ WorldCom‚ Tyco‚ HealthSouth and Adelphia were selected for analysis because of the availability of information regarding specific events occured before‚ during and after the fraud period as well as the ethical issues involved . There is abundant literature presented
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Introduction: The past decade has been witness to some of the worst accounts of corporate fraud ever recorded‚ with multi-billion dollar companies such as Enron‚ Tyco‚ and World-com involved in serious financial scandals. CEOs and senior executives are often the driving force behind such unscrupulous activities by adopting shady accounting practices and other forms of short-termist actions for the purpose of increasing their firm’s stock price and their own personal wealth. The following paper will
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stock market? | 1 | 2. | What is fraud? | 3 | 3. | Definition of fraud | 4 | 4. | Fraud law & legal definition | 5 | 5. | Definition of scam | 7 | 6. | When stock fraud occurs | 8 | 7. | Financial statement fraud | 10 | 8. | Features of security scam | 12 | 9. | How to spot stock scams | 13 | 10. | Avoiding stock market fraud & scams | 14 | 11. | Indicators
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Business Fraud and Preventative Measures “There are three things in the world that deserve no mercy‚ hypocrisy‚ fraud‚ and tyranny - Frederick William Robertson.” Business fraud can be commonly defined in terms of the use of a person’s occupation for personal gain or enrichment through the misuse of employing organization’s resources or assets. Currently‚ fraud is a pervasive problem throughout small and large companies. Failure to put in place fraud preventative procedures
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Chapter 3 FIGHTING FRAUD: AN OVERVIEW Discussion Questions 1. Fraud prevention is important because it is the most cost-effective way to reduce losses from fraud. Once fraud occurs‚ there are no winners. 2. Creating a culture of honesty and high ethics helps to reduce fraud in various ways. Management through its own actions can show that dishonest‚ questionable‚ or unethical behavior will not be tolerated. By hiring the right kind of employees‚ management can select people who are
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Computer Fraud and Abuse Act The Computer Fraud and Abuse Act is a law passed by the United States Congress in 1986 intended to reduce cracking of computer systems and to address federal computer-related offenses. The Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (codified as 18 U.S.C. § 1030 governs cases with a compelling federal interest‚ where computers of the federal government or certain financial institutions are involved‚ where the crime itself is interstate in nature‚ or computers used in interstate and
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Check Fraud and Check Washing Week 6 Paper Park University Check Fraud and Check Washing Check fraud and check washing are both highly illegal and both are increasing at an alarming rate. Many people can be fooled in todays world with fraudulent checks and not know that anything was incorrect until receiving notice from their financial institution. Check washing is when mail snatchers will take a check from you and use chemicals to erase the things written on the check and make the check payable
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to find ways to set fraud in motion – and a new breed of offenders is finding cunning ways to do so. After more than 60 years‚ the classic fraud triangle of three elements or events that motivate an employee to cross the line has morphed ™ into Crowe’s Fraud Pentagon. Company boards and senior management must take an offensive stance against the five conditions that precipitate fraud with a clear plan that limits the opportunity for fraud and minimizes the impact when fraud does occur.” Jonathan
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