The IUCN Anti-Fraud Policy February 2008 – Version 1.0 Office of the Director General The World Conservation Union Rue Mauverney 28 1196 Gland, Switzerland Tel: +41 22 999 0296 Fax: +41 22 999 0029 www.iucn.org Policy Version Control and Document History: The IUCN Anti-Fraud Policy Title Version Source language Published in French under the title Published in Spanish under the title Responsible Unit Developed by Subject (Taxonomy) Date approved Approved by Applicable to Purpose IUCN Anti
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accounting fraud that involves the Jamaica Water Properties, Inc. This fraud was discovered by David Sokol, who was at that time served as COO (Chief Operating Officer) of the Jamaica Water Properties, Inc. The main culprit was Ernest Grendi, JWP’s CFO, helped by several of the company’s senior accountants. Moreover, the company’s external auditor, Ernst & Young, seems to be involved as well. This case will show regarding the auditor independence, its duty as professional accountant, fraud, and the
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orchstrated by a family of Business men that had on goal in mind, which was tor created family wealth at all cost. The Rigas Family Members of Adelphia’s included John Rigas, founder and Chief Executive Officer (CEO); Timothy Rigas, John’s son, Chief Financial Officer (CFO), Chief Accounting Officer, and Treasurer; Michael Rigas, John’s son, Executive Vice President for Operations and Secretary; and James Rigas, John’s son, Executive Vice President for Strategic Planning. On December 31, 1999, five
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to stem the occurrence of the crime. Two null hypotheses were formulated and the primary data used to test the hypotheses were obtained using structured questionnaire while secondary data were obtained from annual accounts of State Governments and reports from similar studies. The study used averages, percentages, chisquare and Spearman’s ranked correlation coefficient tested at 5% level of significance for analyses of the data obtained during the study. It also made use of averages and simple percentage
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Fraud of ZZZ Best Company The ZZZ Best was the carpet cleaning company that was started by 15 year old Barry Minkow in 1982. He was inspired to enter into this industry by his mother when he was 12 years old. His mother was working as a telephone solicitor for a small carpet cleaning firm. Though most of the companies in carpet cleaning industry were legitimate, the nature of this business attracts many seedy characters of the malpractice. There are no barriers for any entry even no license was
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someone interested in the Forensic Accountant profession they should know that this field can be time consuming, but very rewarding. People who work in this career investigate white collar crimes such as company fraud, fraudulent financial record reporting, and illegal investment schemes. In a recent study by the Federal Bureau of Investigation shows that white collar crimes have cost the United States and estimated 300 billion dollars (DiGabriele 2008). I think five of the skills that a forensic
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AHMED ABDEL ALIM Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Cell: +966 59 9410000 / +966 59 2440161; Res: +2 01005400001 (Egypt) Email: ahmed.abdelalim@hotmail.com / abdelalim.ahmed@yahoo.com STRATEGIC MARKETING MANAGER / STRATEGY & BUSINESS PLANNING MANAGER Strong credentials in providing information and directions to promote organizational growth OBJECTIVE: Proactive decision maker, seeking to be a Senior Management Professional with a well established and globally reputed organization by utilizing the following
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Ethics in Finance | | | Aman Sawhney | | | Contents Introduction 1 Why Ethics Matters 1 Ethics and Ethical Dilemma 2 Creating an Ethical Environment 3 Reasons for Unethical Behavior 4 Ethical issues in Finance 4 Financial Statement 5 Fictitious Revenues 5 Off-balance Sheet Financing 5 Hidden Reserves 5 Hostile Takeovers 6 Insider Trading 6 Introduction Ethics in general is concerned with human behavior that is acceptable or "right" and that is not acceptable
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relaxed economic policies supported by Calvin Coolidge’s often-quoted remark “This is a business country … and it wants a business government.”(Zimmer, 2009) The revelations of the Pecora hearings were intended to diminish that faith in the nation’s financial institutions. No other
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QUALITY OF HEALTHCARE DELIVERY: A CASE STUDY OF ATWIMA NWABIAGYA DISTRICT MUTUAL HEALTH INSURANCE SCHEME By RUFAI ADJEI July, 2013 KWAME UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY (KNUST) SCHOOL OF BUSINESS ASSESSING THE EFFECTS OF NATIONAL HEALTH INSURANCE AUTHORITY (NHIA) COST CONTAINMENT MEASURES ON THE QUALITY OF HEALTHCARE DELIVERY: A CASE STUDY OF ATWIMA NWABIAGYA DISTRICT MUTUAL HEALTH INSURANCE SCHEME A Dissertation Presented to the School of Business, Department of ………….in Partial Fulfillment
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