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Essay Instructions: Fraud Case in reoprting or accounting

Pick a public company that has recently (in the past 1-2 years) been featured prominently in the news as having experienced fraud and/or gross negligence (reporting or accounting), on the part of its management such as ENRON, WORLD Com. etc. Then in an essay oF Two pages.
discuss how a good system of internal control may have prevented the problem and or detected it sooner.
Describe what could have been done differently and by whom.

Essay Instructions: Fraud and Human Resource Management


Employee performance comes in many shapes and sizes. When it fails to measure up, there is a strong temptation to explain it as simply and efficiently as possible. As a result, we hear about a badly qualified or "unmotivated" employee.

In the case below, we have an employee named Richard Painter who behaved in a way that clearly undermined his organization. The title of the case suggests a certain interpretation of the underlying problems he presented.

But, before we rush to judgment, my question to you begins with the fact that we have several human resource management functions, including selection, assignment, training, performance appraisal, and reward.

The Case Assignment

1. Please read (click on the title): The incentive to defraud The Internal Auditor; Altamonte Springs ; Oct 2000; Courtenay Thompson;

a. Abstract: Aligning employee performance goals with the organization's overall objectives is becoming more popular. However, unless carefully monitored, programs that link personal pay to nonfinancial measurements can prove problematic. Lessons learned: 1. Every action has a reason behind it 2. Poorly designed incentive plans may yield undesired results. 3. When one encounters blatant favoritism and manipulation of staff, the reasons behind such actions should be investigated. 4. Fraud perpetrators can come in any size, shape, or position. 5. Character and integrity are two of the most important traits in strong, effective leaders.



2. After carefully reading through the Module background material, and this article, please answer (in at least 3 pages), the following questions:

a. For which among these human resource management functions does the behavior of Richard Painter present a problem? Why?

c. How would you solve this problem? Suggest remedies for the reward system.

Essay Instructions: You are a corporate compliance officer for a hospital. You are also a feature writer for The Medical Reporter, an online health magazine. The editor asks you to write an 8-10 page feature story about the steps you should take when fraud and abuse cases are reported to a facility. This is very timely as you recently received a call on your ?hotline? regarding a potential fraud and abuse issue. The caller indicated that Dr. Greedy was billing for services that had not been provided. You are in danger of losing reimbursement for Medicare and Medicaid programs if this behavior is not stopped. Your feature should address the ethical and moral components that healthcare providers and healthcare facilities face with fraud and abuse issues. Your research should include the following aspects:

How to conduct an investigation. It should include the following elements:

Reviewing the initial complaint: What are the items you should look for in a compliant to determine validity?
Notifying the appropriate upper management of the complaint unless they are implicated in the complaint: What are the steps to take to determine who is involved?
Obtaining additional information as necessary and developing a plan for the investigation: What other items are important to the investigation?
Conducting interviews with staff, residents and/or management: Delineate the types of questions to ask in the interview.
Determining if the allegations are substantiated or unsubstantiated: Identify criteria to determine if substantiated or unsubstantiated.


How to develop a correction action plan. The plan may suggest:

A recommendation for a subsequent audit or follow-up to the complaint and determination of when this is necessary.
A recommendation to refund any overpayments to federal government, insurance company or individual payer and when that may be the best course of action.

Essay Instructions: Today, there are many industries that remain vulnerable to electronic fraud. For this assignment, you will need to research the Internet for organizations that remain vulnerable and the hacking or fraud techniques they have encountered in the recent years.

Write a 3-4 page paper in which you:

Identify and describe at least two forms of fraud techniques from your research. Include the identity of the government agencies that provide awareness for these types of fraud techniques.
Justify the threat cyber terrorism poses to society. Provide examples to support your justification.
Prioritize steps that should be completed in order to preserve evidence so that it may be used in court cases for trials against computer fraud offenders.
Defend or oppose the legal processes of civil law used to resolve cases against computer crimes offenders. Justify your decision.
Use at least four (4) quality resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia and similar Websites do not qualify as quality resources.

Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:

Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references must follow APA or school-specific format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student?s name, the professor?s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in the required assignment page length.

The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:

Explain the techniques of computer criminals and hackers.
Describe organized crime and cyber terrorism crime.
Categorize the civil matters related to computer crime.
Use technology and information resources to research issues in the investigation of computer crime.
Write clearly and concisely about computer crime investigation topics using proper writing mechanics and technical style conventions.


Use http://ebookbrowse.com/computer-crime-investigation-and-the-law-2011-pdf-d as a reference.