Fraud - ACCT paper
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fraud_t.docxCH 7 FRAUD WRITING ASSIGNMENT
FRAUD, INTERNAL CONTROLS AND CASH
DUE DATE: MONDAY, APRIL 25 (BRING AS PAPER COPY TO CLASS)
In this writing assignment, you will find a newspaper article on a theft (embezzlement) of cash. It must be a newspaper article which you can print out sand attach to your assignment, it, must be at least 4 paragraphs in length, and it cannot be older than 2012.
The points you receive on this assignment depend on completing all of the required steps, by using the following grading grid:
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FRAUD ASSIGNMENT GRADING GRID |
POINTS |
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1. You provide the name of your article, the date it was written, the newspaper from which it is taken, and a hard copy pf the article with your assignment. |
5.0 |
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2. You provide a brief summary of the theft details and the perpetrator. |
5.0 |
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3. You describe the three aspects of the fraud triangle: opportunity, financial pressure and rationalization. |
5.0 |
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4. You describe how the perpetrator’s act falls into the fraud triangle – you may have to speculate on those items not specifically described in the article (do not omit them). |
5.0 |
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5. You provide a discussion of what specific cash controls might have prevented this theft and tie the facts in the article together with the text material in Section 7.2 – be very specific and pic k the nest cash controls that fit and provide an explanation of how you think it might have prevented the theft. |
5.0 |
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The paper is limited to 2 double-spaced typed page and the responses to the questions are clearly defined and separated (points deducted if not). |
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The paper shows signs of proofing and careful reading. The paper is professionally presented with no hand-written corrections or other attributes that take away from its eye-appeal (points deducted if not). |
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TOTAL ASSIGNMENT |
25.0 |
