Does controlling play a role in detecting and correcting financial statement fraud? - Detailed plan and bibliography
Litterature review - 1 pages - Management control
This document is a base to write a literature review for a thesis on the following problematic: does management control play a role in detecting and correcting financial statement fraud?
Computer Crime Rules According to Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA)
Essay - 2 pages - Computer science
Computer crime has today become a global phenomenon. It entails the use of a computer to commit a crime or even the criminal exploitation of a computer or the internet. It can as well involve offences committed against people or groups of people mainly with the criminal motive of harming the...
Corporate fraud
Thesis - 6 pages - Management
Corporate fraud is a growing threat to business. It has increased due to rapid technological change and increasing dependence on information systems. These frauds are prevalent across industries. A corporate fraud occurs when an employee uses his job for personal financial...
Greed and corruption: The emergence of corporate fraud in North America
Thesis - 4 pages - Political science
Corporations are the cornerstone of the North American economy. While they were first formed as non-profit organizations created for the public good in European societies, by the 17th century, the focus for many corporations changed and the drive to make money took precedence over working for...
When a famous bank ( Société Générale ) is plunged into the world's largest financial fraud ever known by a simple junior trader
Essay - 8 pages - Finance
In January 2008, the financial world was disrupted by the world's largest financial fraud case known to date. The famous French bank, Société Générale, recorded a loss of 5 billion euros due to false positions taken by a junior trader, Jérôme Kerviel. To fully appreciate how he did this,...
Fraud: A night-time adventure leads to more trouble than expected
Essay - 3 pages - Literature
Adventures in the middle of the night were something I was always very fond of. For the most part they never seemed to get me into much trouble; I just coveted the feeling of being able to sneak out of my house without getting caught. For a fifteen-year-old, it was definitely a thrilling feeling....
ZZZ Best Company, Inc. fraud
Essay - 7 pages - Management
Barry Minkow precociously committed fraud at the age of 16 by forging credit card signatures. As an adult he was resolute in defrauding investors of ZZZ Best Company, Inc. through inventive hoaxes involving insurance restoration projects. ZZZ Best Company, Inc. was essentially in the...
Haiti briefing note and building mission solution : state of the country and developments of solutions
Case study - 7 pages - Political science
In October 2015, elections were deferred indefinitely due to allegations of fraud. The new elections were further postponed due to Hurricane Matthew and finally took place in November 2016, Jovenel Moïse won 56% of the vote. There was a holding of an electoral tribunal to conduct a...
Cheating at school
Essay - 3 pages - Educational studies
If there is a phenomenon that is growing more and more in the school field, it is, of course, the phenomenon of cheating. Indeed, cheating is a widespread and ancient practice in teaching and learning environments. What is cheating? What are the causes of this practice and the motivations of...
White-Collar Crimes
Case study - 2 pages - Linguistics & languages
White-collar crimes refer to non-violent crimes committed by individuals, typically in a professional or business setting, for financial gain or to obtain some form of advantage. These crimes are often carried out through deception, manipulation, or abuse of trust. Some common types of...
Toshiba's Accounting Scandal
Tutorials/exercises - 3 pages - Management
The current CEO and two of his predecessors since 2008 are accused of pushing their subordinates to juggle the numbers in a way to minimize asset write-downs and other negative accounting records, in order to show financial results close to objectives aimed at reassuring shareholders and banks....
Artificial Intelligence: a tool for financial institutions in the fight against money laundering and financial crime
Thesis - 16 pages - Business strategy
This document contains a presentation that was used during a thesis defense. It tackles how artificial intelligence can be a tool for financial institutions in the fight against money laundering and financial crime.
White-collar crime in South Africa
Tutorials/exercises - 4 pages - Sociology & social sciences
White-collar crime is nonviolent crime that is committed by a person in order of financial gain. This specific type of crime is seen as nonviolent as people are not generally hurt in the process. Everything is more secretive and doesn't involve many people. The risks are seen as minimal and...
SWOT Analysis - PayPal
Case study - 5 pages - Digital & e-marketing
Online payment services have expanded considerably in recent years. Indeed, with the rise of electronic commerce, consumers and businesses alike are constantly looking for secure means to carry out their transactions, especially in a world where competition is very high and where fraud on...
Free speech in the USA
Financial analysis - 1 pages - Sociology & social sciences
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR), to which the United States is a signatory, both establish the right of people to freedom of expression. This right includes the freedom to seek, receive, and impart information...
Human cloud systems
Case study - 3 pages - Educational studies
The United Kingdom government has brought in a new system that was labelled ‘The Universal Credit project'. This is a welfare project that that has been introduced in 2013 aimed to target the individuals who are looking for work and those under jobs that have low income. The universal credit...
Data mining in financial crime detection
Thesis - 5 pages - Journalism
In this paper, we have discussed different financial crimes that are seen today i.e credit card fraud, card not present fraud, Loan default, Bank Fraud, Money Laundering, Insurance crime etc. Then we have discussed how data mining becomes helpful for detection of these types...
A vision of great teaching and learning in the communal studies
Case study - 3 pages - Educational studies
The learners should be given guidelines of how and what they should do during the assessment. They should be aware in the event that there are any penalties given in case of fraud work done. These guidelines should make them know what is expected of them during the assessment process as...
Corporate Compliance Plan
Case study - 7 pages - Management
Business ethics and social responsibility affects customers, businesses, shareholders, and the reputation of the organization. A business that is dishonest can cause harm or even send an individual to jail. Several forms of doing business are through sole proprietorship, partnership, and...
Money laundering
Thesis - 5 pages - Economy general
According to the International Monetary Fund (IMF), money laundering annually represents more than 600 billion dollars worldwide. Criminal activities like drug trafficking, arms smuggling or prostitution rings also generate very high profits. However, the money earned illegally is of little use...
Critically analyse the decision in the House of Lords' decision in the American Accord
Essay - 9 pages - International relations
The globalisation of trade brings with it greater risks than internal trade, with the differences in business practices, application of local law, combined with external political factors . The four main risks applicable when dealing with global trade are foreign law and the ambiguity of what...
What role does civil society play in democratization?
Case study - 3 pages - Political science
With the progressive end of the Cold War in the 1980's and the fall of the Eastern Block coincided the multiplication of the number of countries adopting a democratic form of government, an event described as the “third wave” of democratization by Samuel Huntington in his eponymous 1991...
"Freakonomics" of Steven Levitt and Stephen Dubner (2OO5)
Thesis - 13 pages - Economy general
Unlike the corporation that attempts to describe the living world as we would prefer, the economy seeks to describe the actual working based on incentive mechanisms. This field of study is not limited to businesses, unemployment and growth: it can provide an analytical model for virtually all...
Underground Economy in the European Union: Moonlighting
Essay - 24 pages - Economy general
The black market, also known as the underground economy, has a substantial arsenal of words to describe it: black economy, illegal economy, unreported, unrecorded, ghost, invisible economy etc. Undeclared work also falls into the category of underground economy. This consists of different...
Criminal justice trends evaluation
Case study - 4 pages - Administrative law
E-scams, child pornography, identity theft, cyber stalking and bullying, spamming, Malware, fraud, and computer hacking are types of internet crimes. These crimes are certainly on the rise. The general public relies heavily on technology, resorting to pen and paper is just so primitive;...
Best Buy: Management at its best
Thesis - 4 pages - Business strategy
Best Buy is a Minnesota based company that started as the Sound of Music with gross sales of $173,000 in 1967 and grew to about $40-billion in under 40 years. With over 660 stores spanning Canada and the United States and 128,000 employees company wide, Best Buy (trading name: BBY) was named the...
Article analysis
Case study - 2 pages - Administrative law
A cybercrime is “the unauthorized use of computer technology to manipulate critical user data” (Oak, n.d., para 1). Cybercrimes are not victimless offenses and are similar to crimes that take place in the physical world. Cybercrimes include spamming, hacking, credit fraud,...
Legalization of Marijuana
Case study - 2 pages - Educational studies
Public policy includes the decisions and actions that governments take in order to address certain public issues and problems. These policies are made in accordance within the set legal government guidelines, regulations, procedures using public resources. One of the issues and problems that...
Computer Forensics Laboratory and Computer Investigations Training
Case study - 10 pages - Educational studies
Computer forensics refers to the use of a computer expert program to collect, interpret, preserve, analyze and produce data from either volatile or non-volatile media storage devices. It is a branch of digital forensic science that is related to examining digital media in a forensic manner with...
Case of Vasiliy Gorshkov and Alexey Ivanov
Case study - 2 pages - Educational studies
There have been reports of computer crimes of late in the news and the surprising realization is that children are becoming criminal masterminds online. There are readily available hacker tools that can be used by unskilled people to wreak havoc for financial gain or just for fun. The disturbing...
