We investigate the intrinsic motivation of individuals to report, and thereby sanction, fellow group members who lie for personal gain. We further explore the changes in lying and reporting behavior that result from giving individuals a say in who joins their group. We find that enough...

We investigate the intrinsic motivation of individuals to report, and thereby sanction, fellow group members who lie for personal gain. We further explore the changes in lying and reporting behavior that result from giving individuals a say in who joins their group. We find that enough...

The objective of the research is to identify differences between two group of firms, fraud and non fraud firms. Fraud is of particular interest here because the implication is massive, the effect to the company, staff and creditors. The research intends to look at any differences with regard to...

The objective of this research is to investigate the fraud firms' characteristics in two ways; 3 years prior and after, the fraud occurrences. The characteristics comprise of the firms' audit committee size, audit committee independence, board's size, independent directors, block holders, cash...

I formulate a model to emphasize the fraud detection role of auditors in the financial market and relate the role to audit and financial reporting delays. In the model, an auditor considers whether to perform extended audit procedures after observing a red flag generated from regular audit...

This case examines the multimillion dollar Ponzi scheme perpetuated by Edward Okun. Okun was convicted in 2009 of 23 counts including wire fraud, money laundering, bulk cash smuggling and other offenses. In this case, students will learn about fraud, money laundering, federal currency reporting...

This paper aims to review CPAs' responsibilities for fraud detection and reporting. It will first explore, through literature analysis and review of Taiwan regulation, the accounting professions' changing stand toward CPAs' responsibilities to detect and report fraud. In addition, Taiwan's...

Individuals being audited potentially learn how to exploit the weaknesses inherent in any audit methodology if they face the same method many times. Hence, an auditor better deters fraud by randomizing her choice of methodology over time, thereby frustrating a would-be fraudster's ability to...

This case study discusses fraud, and illustrates several preventive and detective fraud methodologies as they apply to a historical case study (United States of America vs. Charlene Corley). Criminal fraud cases have emerged with greater frequency over time, which has resulted in improved...

The paper specifically examines the post fraud firms' characteristics for over 3 years after fraud had occurred. Selections of companies were made from Securities Commissions' enforcement actions released between the years 2000 until 2008. A matched pair sampling was made with the control group,...