Preventing fraud and mismanagement in government : systems and structures / Joseph R. Petrucelli, CPA/CFF/CGMA/ABV, FCPA, CVA, MAFF, PSA, CFE, Jonathan R. Peters, PH.D.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Petrucelli, Joseph R., 1960- author.

Peters, Jonathan R., 1962- author.

Contributor:

Wiley InterScience (Online service)

Lipman Criminology Library Fund.

Series:

Wiley corporate F & A series

Wiley Corporate F&A

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Administrative agencies--Corrupt practices--Prevention.

Administrative agencies.

Fraud--Prevention.

Fraud.

Management audit.

Administrative agencies--Corrupt practices.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xlii, 517 pages) : illustrations.

Place of Publication:

Hoboken, New Jersey : Wiley, [2017]

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Preventing Fraud and Mismanagement in Government provides an unbiased look at the most common types of public fraud and corruption, digs into the human behaviors driving them, and offers a detailed standard of best practices to keep organizations on track. This focused guide tackles the fraud, waste, and the abuses of power that threaten to devalue the functions of our public services agencies. By disseminating tools and methods that promote greater transparency in operational practices and also by providing the reader with objective standards that they can use to easily spot irregular patterns and wrongdoing, this text can serve as a reference for the dedicated fraud fighter. No other single resource enable you to: Fully understand the nuts-and-bolts of the financial workings of government entities, Compare and contrast how your agency performs in relation to an established set of financial practices, Review a wide variety of in-depth case studies where malfeasance happened-even at the highest levels of government, If you're charged with cleaning up a public agency, Preventing Fraud and Mismanagement in Government is all you need to consistently detect and stop unacceptable behaviors and inspire a self-governing spirit throughout a team of people. Book jacket.

Contents:

Government and how it works

Public finance and how government creates cash flow

Accounting for government

Who works in government and what is their motivation?

Fraud in public agencies: horse trading or stealing?

Corrupt policies and actions

Policing of public corruption and fraud

Final thoughts.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Electronic reproduction. Hoboken, N.J. Available via World Wide Web.

Description based on print version record.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Lipman Criminology Library Fund.

ISBN:

9781119220046

1119220041

Publisher Number:

99971847378

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.