When does employee fraud occur? It is commonly accepted that the presence of the three elements of the “Fraud Triangle” increases the risk of employee fraud: Motivation: The employee is somehow motivated to commit a fraud. Economic factors such as personal financial distress‚ substance abuse‚ gambling‚ overspending‚ or other similar addictive behaviors may provide motivation. The current national economic recession may serve to increase the incidence of such financial motivations. Opportunity:
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LJB Company February 10‚ 20123 LJB: The Journey to Going Public LJB’s Current Internal Controls an evaluation and recommendations LJB Company Table of Contents Introduction1 Current State Assessment of LJB2 Gap Assessment3 Recommendations4 - 5 Summary and Conclusion6 Appendix7 References8 Introduction In 2002 the Sarbanes-Oxley Act was passed which requires all publically held organizations‚ regardless of size‚ to comply with eleven titles of financial practices and corporate
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multiple bank overdrafts. Results indicate that only minimal efforts have been made for internal control measures in this office and companywide‚ and that weaknesses have allowed the Finance Coordinator to embezzle funds. There are many issues to be addressed‚ and several remedial actions to be taken to prevent these types of losses going forward. Strengths in the internal control system Dentistar’s internal control system has some strengths‚ including its detection policies‚ limits on access to data
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system of ‘internal control (I.C).’ (D.P. Jain‚ 1993). Management not the auditor must establish and maintain the entity’s of control. (Alvin J.‚ James K.‚ W. Morley‚ Ingrid B.‚ 2000). According to Spicer and Pegler‚ “internal control is best regarded as indicating the whole system of controls‚ financial and otherwise estimated by the management in the conduct of a business including internal check‚ internal audit and other form of controls.” (D.P. Jain‚ 1993). Larry F. (2002) defines internal control
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Assignment Please note you have three assignments for this week. The case study‚ the weekly assignment and continue working on the final draft for the individual research project. Case Study (Knapp book): Dollar General Stores Questions 1-4 Weekly Assignment: Textbook (Boynton book): Complete and submit the following questions for grading: 14-26 14-28 15-23 15-27 16-24 16-33 14-26 (Analytical procedures) the following data was taken from the production and account ing records for Casuccio Manufacturing
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An Investigation of Auditor Decision Processes in the Evaluation of Internal Controls and Audit Scope Decisions 1. Introduction Over the past decade numerous studies have focused on auditors’ judgments. With few exceptions these studies have found that when auditors are given the same task‚ they frequently make different decisions.’ This result has been obtained for relatively simple tasks (e.g.‚ Joyce [1976]) and relatively complex tasks (e.g.‚ Reckers and Taylor [1979] and Mock and
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of an internal control system 2.1 Identify customizable components 2.2 To identify factors that promotes the effective implementation of internal control system. 2.3 Challenges associated with internal control systems. 2.4 Limitations of internal controls 2.5 To identify the top rated types of internal controls. CHAPTER TWO 1.9 Introduction The literature review for this study will
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Internal Controls Your Name XACC/280 Date Instructor Name Internal Controls Internal controls are an essential asset to any company that wishes to maintain their company’s security and accuracy. These controls help to protect the assets belonging to a company from unforeseen events such as employee theft‚ robbery‚ or any sort of unauthorized use (Weygandt‚ Kimmel‚ & Kieso‚ 2008). They also create the opportunity for accounting records to be more accurate and reliable by limiting the possibility
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States‚ Canada‚ Mexico operating with more than 234‚000 employees ("Lowe ’s home improvement‚ 2012”). Stakeholders are individuals‚ groups‚ or organizations that have a stake in the business. Stakeholders are categorize into two types: internal or external. Internal stakeholders can be owners‚ managers‚ and employees. External stakeholders can be suppliers‚ lenders‚ and customers (Worthington‚ 2009). Human Resource (Safety) There are many safety rules in Lowe’s Home Improvement. “We strive to
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Internal Control and Accounting Systems Learning Area Overview Welcome to this learning area overview for Internal Control and Accounting Systems‚ prepared by AAT. In this overview we’ll explain what Internal Control and Accounting Systems is all about‚ and how it fits into the bigger picture of the AAT Accounting Qualification. We’ll explore the main topics you can expect to cover‚ and how the knowledge and skills you’ll pick up will be of practical use to you in the workplace. Finally‚ we’ll
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