Hewlett-Packard Co (HP) executives are accused of having engaged in corruption by paying $8 million in bribes in 2003 to win a contract with the Russian general prosecutor's office. Ironically, this is the authority whose responsibility it is to fight corruption in Russia. German and Russian...

All organizations can use the free U.S. federal Excluded Parties List System during their procurement processes to find questionable vendors and reduce the risk of fraud. CFEs and auditors should use this little-known Internet database in fraud examinations

Ben is a junior accountant at Bacme Corp. - a publicly traded manufacturing company. He recently noted some unusual entries in the company's books that caused overstated revenues on the firm's financial statements. Ben is afraid to use Bacme's hotline because most employees believe that...