A UML Documentation for an Elevator System Distributed Embedded Systems‚ Fall 2000 PhD Project Report Lu Luo December 2000 A UML documentation for an elevator system Lu Luo A UML documentation for an elevator system 1. Introduction This paper is a PhD project report for the course Distributed Embedded Systems at Carnegie Mellon University. Throughout this course‚ a distributed real-time system – an elevator control system– is specified‚ designed‚ built‚ and simulated. Object Oriented
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commit fraud because of financial pressures‚ vices‚ or because of work-related pressures. As well‚ perpetrators of fraud can be motivated by a perceived opportunity to commit fraud and the ability to rationalize that what they are doing is not wrong. Their motivations are usually combined into the fraud triangle of perceived pressure‚ perceived opportunity‚ and rationalization. 3. The fraud triangle includes three elements that almost always must be present in order for someone to commit fraud: a
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COMMON ACCOUNTING SYSTEM INTRODUCTION 1. Most of the State Cooperative Societies Acts have provisions regarding preparation and submission of financial statements such as Balance Sheet‚ Profit and Loss Account and Trading Account of PACS. However‚ the formats for financial statements of PACS have not been prescribed in many States. The existing formats have evolved over a period of time on the basis of instructions from the RCS‚ Director of Audit‚ etc.‚ There is no uniformity and transparency in
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COMPANIES: THE WORLDCOM FRAUD Introduction The purpose of this report is to investigate and discuss the accounting fraud that occurred at WorldCom in order to recommend improved strategies to Berkshire Hathaway’s management for avoiding investments in companies with fraudulent financials. Accounting fraud is a crime committed by high level employees at an organization to manipulate the organization’s financial statements and intentionally disguise company performance. The fraud is committed without
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Corporate Fraud I. Introductions a. Fraud in the accounting environment is on the increase. b. Fraud takes place in different forms in the accounting environment. II. The growing risk of fraud and corruption a. Local problems‚ global pain b. Awareness is crucial c. Tailoring efforts to avert damage III. Preventing Fraud a. Background checks and enhanced due diligence b. Monitoring and evaluating preventive controls c. Continuous controls monitoring IV. Can we eliminate fraud and corruption
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The main suspects at this time are Ben Hill‚ Michelle Shelton‚ Candie Harris‚ Sam MacCarty‚ and Phil Ackers. The red flags in this case deal primarily with a lack in segregation of duties. These suspects all juggle multiple roles‚ some of which are not listed in their job description. Some of these suspects actively seek out additional responsibilities and place themselves in roles where they probably do not belong. Further rationalization for choosing these suspects is outlined below. BEN HILL
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Donna Sanders Financial Statement Fraud Week 12 There are many things that can motivate financial statement fraud. Taking a look at Donald Cressey’s hypotheses which is now known as the fraud triangle depicts the certain criteria for the mind frame of the fraudster. The fraud triangle is a theory that consists of perceived pressures‚ perceived opportunity‚ and rationalization. It gives us the different pressures placed on individuals that would make them consider “cooking the books.” It also
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Coding Fraud Michael Anastasio Ultimate Medical Academy Before answering the questions “what are my responsibilities for billing on a procedure that was not performed but asked to do so anyway”‚ Let me explain a little on Medical Billing Fraud? It is an attempt to fraudulently obtain payments from insurance carriers. Fraud in medical billing cost tax payers and medical providers millions of dollars annually (all-things-medical-billing.com). In 1996‚ HIPPA established the Health Care Fraud and
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Components of Accounting Systems Accounting information systems consist of records‚ methods‚ and equipment. These are designed to capture information about a company’s transactions and to provide output including financial‚ managerial‚ and tax reports. All accounting information systems have these same goals‚ and thus share some basic components. These components apply whether or not a system is heavily computerized‚ yet the components of computerized systems usually provide more accuracy‚ speed
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RISK ASSESSMENT on the Department of the Army IT Systems 9 December 2012 1. Introduction 1.1 Purpose This risk assessment was to identify threats and vulnerabilities related to the Department of the Army (DoA) Information Technology (IT) systems. It will be utilized to identify vulnerabilities in the Computer Network Defense (CND) Capabilities and mitigation plans related to DoA’s IT systems. It was realized that this was a potential high-risk system as noted
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