ACC/578 ACC578 ACC 578 Assignment 3: Financial Statement Fraud Assignment

ACC 578 Assignment 3: Financial Statement Fraud Assignment

You have been hired by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) as a fraud prevention and detection expert. The position you were hired for is to provide training to SEC employees on lessons learned from financial statement fraud. Using the Internet or Strayer databases, research at least two major fraud cases that were a result of financial statement fraud. Write a four to six (4-6) page paper in which you: 1. Assess the culture of the organizations that you researched, analyzing the corporate culture or “tone at the top”. 2. Assess the causes of the financial statement fraud(s) and the effectiveness of fraud prevention and detection at those companies based on the research you conducted. Provide support for your assessment. 3. Propose what could / should have been implemented in those companies that would have prevented or detected the fraud, indicating who should have been responsible for the implementation. Provide support for your proposal. 4. Explore the roles an