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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undertakes to advise he must exercise reasonable care and skill in giving the advice. He is under no obligation to advise‚ but if he takes upon himself to do so‚ he will incur liability if he does so negligently.” ’ House of Lords in Banbury v. Bank of Montreal[1] I. Introduction The issue of legal liability of banks in the provision of negligent advice is one doctrine of law that has evolved through the years. In light of current controversies hounding the UK banking sector‚ it
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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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Cross-Border Intellectual Property Litigation 1. What is the territoriality principle and how does it impact cross border intellectual property litigation? Throughout history‚ we have witnessed the territorial conception of national and international intellectual property law face an array of global challenges. According to the principle of territoriality‚ the possibility of protecting an IP right is limited to the territory of the country where the right is granted. In other words‚ it is fundamentally
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Distinguish between a liability and a environmental liability. Is there any difference in the principle? A liability is a present obligation of the enterprise arising from the past events‚ the settlement of which is expected to result in an outflow from the enterprise of resources embodying economic benefits whereas An environmental liability is an obligation to pay future expenditures to remedy environmental damage that has occurred because of past events or transactions‚ or to compensate a
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Financial Fraud- Qwest Communications Introduction In the late 90’s‚ early 2000’s‚ Qwest Communications International Inc. (Qwest) was a rapidly growing telecommunications company that provided global internet and telephone services. At their pinnacle‚ Qwest was one of their industry’s top leaders‚ reporting revenues of $16.7 billion in 2001 (Anonymous‚ 2013). Through continued expansion and acquisitions of other large telecommunications companies‚ it seemed things were only headed in a positive
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Computer and Information Science; Vol. 7‚ No. 2; 2014 ISSN 1913-8989 E-ISSN 1913-8997 Published by Canadian Center of Science and Education A Fraud Detection System Based on Anomaly Intrusion Detection Systems for E-Commerce Applications Daniel Massa1 & Raul Valverde2 1 Information Technology and Services‚ Betsson‚ Malta 2 John Molson School of Business‚ Concordia University‚ Montreal‚ Canada Correspondence: Raul Valverde‚ John Molson School of Business‚ Concordia University‚ Montreal‚ QC.‚
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Running head: HEALTHCARE FRAUD AND ABUSE Healthcare Fraud and Abuse Abstract Rising costs of healthcare is a valid concern for many households in America. A factor in the cost of healthcare insurance is fraud. Fraud is often very difficult to detect. The magnitude of healthcare fraud is unknown. Initial reimbursement and payment and billing timeframe of 90 days allows for fast payment of services‚ however‚ many times before there is an indication of fraudulent billing the company has closed
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commit fraud? Erica Miller Southern Technical College Table of Content Abstract 3 Introduction 4 Definition of Terms 5 Methodology 5 Results 6 References 8 Abstract When people who hear about executives that commit fraud the thing that first comes to mind may be: “They must have really hated their job or company to do such a thing”. That may not always be the case. In some cases it is the CEO or even the founder of the company that committed the fraud. The
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