Accounting Violations and Financial Fraud (Second Edition)

Author: Michael R. Yang (USA)
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Publish Date: 2004-01-01
Features: After the exposure of Enron's financial scandal, more and more accounting irregularities and financial frauds have come to light. This book is a corporate governance guide that tells people how to prevent and navigate through accounting industry disasters. It elaborates on the causes of violations and frauds, as well as how these phenomena occur in ways that go unnoticed. It further outlines the measures that should be taken after such phenomena are discovered and how to prevent various potential violations and frauds in the future. The book also includes a wealth of related materials for readers to reference: the new regulations of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on accounting violations and financial frauds; recommendations from the U.S. Blue Ribbon Committee to audit committees of various companies; cases of prudent investigation; and real-world examples of financial frauds.