Assignment 1: Fraud Prevention and Detection Policy

Assignment 1: Fraud Prevention and Detection Policy

You are a senior accountant at a new start-up information technology company known as Dingwow Inc. You have just recently been hired and the company has charged you with recommending a fraud policy.

Use the Internet, Strayer databases, or your text, to research the elements of an effective fraud policy.

Write a two to three (2-3) page paper in which you:

1. Construct a letter to the senior leaders of a publicly traded company that communicates the most effective elements of a fraud policy, indicating the rationale behind each element.
2. Make specific recommendations to management that demonstrate how those elements you chose will provide effective fraud prevention.
3. Use at least three (3) quality resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia and similar Websites do not qualify as quality resources.

Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:

1. 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.
2. 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.