Countering fraud for competitive advantage : the professional approach to reducing the last great hidden cost / Mark Button & Jim Gee.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Button, Mark.

Contributor:

Gee, Jim, 1957-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Fraud--Prevention.

Fraud.

Employee theft--Prevention.

Employee theft.

Auditing, Internal.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (210 p.)

Edition:

1st edition

Place of Publication:

Chichester, U.K. : Wiley, 2013.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Substantially reduce the largely hidden cost of fraud, and reap a new competitive advantage. As the title suggests, Countering Fraud for Competitive Advantage presents a compelling business case for investing in anti-fraud measures to counter financial crime. It looks at the ways of reaping a new competitive advantage by substantially reducing the hidden cost of fraud. Aimed at a wide business community and based on solid research, it is the only book to put forward an evidence-based model for combating corporate fraud and financial crime. Despite its increase and capture

Contents:

countering fraud for competitive advantage : the professional approach to reducing the last great hidden cost; Contents; 1 Introduction; 1.1 BOOK OUTLINE; END NOTES; 2 The Fraud Problem; 2.1 INTRODUCTION; 2.2 THE FRAUD PROBLEM; 2.2.1 What is Fraud?; 2.2.2 Types of Fraud; 2.3 THE EXTENT OF FRAUD; 2.4 TRENDS IN FRAUD; 2.5 THE IMPACT OF FRAUD; 2.5.1 Fraud Leads to More Fraud; 2.5.2 Psychological and Health Impacts; 2.5.3 Reputation; 2.5.4 Change in Behaviour; 2.6 CONCLUSION; FURTHER READING; END NOTES; 3 The Fraudster and the Culture of Fraud; 3.1 INTRODUCTION; 3.2 UNDERSTANDING THE FRAUDSTER

3.2.1 Profiling Fraudsters3.2.2 Pressure; 3.2.3 Rationalisation; 3.2.4 Opportunity; 3.2.5 Red Flags; 3.3 CULTURES AND FRAUD; 3.4 CONCLUSION; FURTHER READING; END NOTES; 4 The Resilience to Fraud; 4.1 INTRODUCTION; 4.2 NATIONAL RESILIENCE; 4.3 ORGANISATIONAL RESILIENCE; 4.3.1 Adopting the Right Strategy; 4.3.2 Accurately Identifying the Risks; 4.3.3 Creating and Maintaining a Strong Structure; 4.3.4 Taking Action to Tackle the Problem; 4.3.5 Defining Success; 4.3.6 Overall Analysis; 4.4 FURTHER RESEARCH; 4.5 ACFE RESEARCH

4.6 UNDERSTANDING THE PROBLEM: FUSING THE FRAUDSTER, THE CULTURE, AND THE STRUCTURES OF RESILIENCE4.7 CONCLUSION; FURTHER READING; END NOTES; 5 Measuring Fraud Losses and Tailoring the Strategy; 5.1 INTRODUCTION; 5.2 THE PROBLEM WITH RISK MANAGEMENT; 5.3 MEASURING FRAUD; 5.4 WIDER BENEFITS OF FRAUD MEASUREMENT; 5.5 CONCLUSION; FURTHER READING; END NOTES; 6 Creating an Anti-Fraud Culture and Preventing Fraud; 6.1 INTRODUCTION; 6.2 SITUATIONAL MEASURES; 6.2.1 Increasing the Effort; 6.2.2 Increasing the Risks; 6.2.3 Reducing Rewards; 6.2.4 Reducing Provocations and Excuses; 6.2.5 Displacement

6.3 CREATING AN ANTI-FRAUD CULTURE6.3.1 A Model Anti-Fraud Culture Strategy; 6.3.2 Deterrence; 6.3.3 Reputation; 6.4 CONCLUSION; FURTHER READING; END NOTES; 7 Detecting Fraud and Investigating Professionally; 7.1 INTRODUCTION; 7.2 THE COSTS OF INVESTIGATION; 7.3 WHO WILL INVESTIGATE?; 7.3.1 Investigative Resources; 7.4 PROACTIVE INVESTIGATIONS; 7.4.1 Data-Matching; 7.4.2 Data-Mining; 7.4.3 Data-sharing and Networking; 7.4.4 Intelligence; 7.5 REACTIVE INVESTIGATIONS; 7.6 CONDUCTING FRAUD INVESTIGATIONS; 7.6.1 Interviews; 7.6.2 Surveillance; 7.6.3 Searches; 7.6.4 Forensics

7.7 PSYCHOLOGY AND INVESTIGATION7.7.1 Verbal Cues; 7.7.2 Vocal Cues; 7.7.3 Visual Cues; 7.7.4 Experiments Increasing Cognitive Load; 7.8 CONCLUSION; FURTHER READING; END NOTES; 8 Sanctioning Fraudsters and Pursuing Redress; 8.1 INTRODUCTION; 8.2 UNDERSTANDING FRAUDSTERS AND THE PLACE OF DETERRENCE; 8.3 THE SANCTIONS TOOL BOX; 8.3.1 Quasi-Sanctions; 8.3.2 The Main Formal Sanctions; 8.3.3 Possible Parallel Sanctions; 8.4 PUBLICISING SANCTIONS; 8.5 CONCLUSION; FURTHER READING; END NOTES; 9 Enhancing Performance through Counter-Fraud Metrics; 9.1 INTRODUCTION

9.2 NEWWAYS OF THINKING ABOUT SECURITY AND FRAUD

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher.

ISBN:

9781119208297

1119208297

9781119960409

1119960401

9781299241794

1299241794

9781118454251

1118454251

OCLC:

845243539