Fighting Fraud

Fighting Fraud

by Gerald L. Kovacich
Released August 2007
Publisher(s): Butterworth-Heinemann
ISBN: 9780080550985

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Book description

This practical reference provides the basics for instituting a corporate anti-fraud program that helps prepare corporate security professionals and other corporate managers for fighting corporate fraud from inside the company. It provides an exceptional foundation for security professionals or business executives involved in developing and implementing a corporate anti-fraud program as part of a corporate assets protection program.The author’s intent is to provide the reader with a practitioner’s guide (a “how-to” book), augmented by some background information to put it all in perspective. The approach used should enable the readers to immediately put in place a useful anti-fraud program under the leadership of the corporate security officer (CSO), or other corporate professional.* Shows professionals how to save their companies money.* Provides a roadmap for developing an anti-fraud program.* Allows security professionals to tailor their anti-fraud program to their own corporate environment.* Explains how fraud is costing corporations a competitive edge in the global marketplace.

Table of contents

  1. Front cover
  2. Copyright
  3. Quotation
  4. Contents (1/4)
  5. Contents (2/4)
  6. Contents (3/4)
  7. Contents (4/4)
  8. SECTION I: AN INTRODUCTION TO THE WONDERFULWORLD OF FRAUD
    1. 1 The New-Old Global Business Environment (1/5)
    2. 1 The New-Old Global Business Environment (2/5)
    3. 1 The New-Old Global Business Environment (3/5)
    4. 1 The New-Old Global Business Environment (4/5)
    5. 1 The New-Old Global Business Environment (5/5)
    6. 2 Corporate Assets, Frauds and Other Terms —What Are They? (1/2)
    7. 2 Corporate Assets, Frauds and Other Terms —What Are They? (2/2)
    8. 3 Fraud-Related Laws (1/4)
    9. 3 Fraud-Related Laws (2/4)
    10. 3 Fraud-Related Laws (3/4)
    11. 3 Fraud-Related Laws (4/4)
    12. 4 Corporations Don’t Commit Frauds, People Do (1/6)
    13. 4 Corporations Don’t Commit Frauds, People Do (2/6)
    14. 4 Corporations Don’t Commit Frauds, People Do (3/6)
    15. 4 Corporations Don’t Commit Frauds, People Do (4/6)
    16. 4 Corporations Don’t Commit Frauds, People Do (5/6)
    17. 4 Corporations Don’t Commit Frauds, People Do (6/6)
    18. 5 Fighting Fraud — Whose Job Is It Anyway? (1/2)
    19. 5 Fighting Fraud — Whose Job Is It Anyway? (2/2)
    20. 6 Where There Is a Will There Is a Way —Fraud Schemes (1/8)
    21. 6 Where There Is a Will There Is a Way —Fraud Schemes (2/8)
    22. 6 Where There Is a Will There Is a Way —Fraud Schemes (3/8)
    23. 6 Where There Is a Will There Is a Way —Fraud Schemes (4/8)
    24. 6 Where There Is a Will There Is a Way —Fraud Schemes (5/8)
    25. 6 Where There Is a Will There Is a Way —Fraud Schemes (6/8)
    26. 6 Where There Is a Will There Is a Way —Fraud Schemes (7/8)
    27. 6 Where There Is a Will There Is a Way —Fraud Schemes (8/8)
    28. 7 Fraud Cases and Commentary — Learning by Example (1/8)
    29. 7 Fraud Cases and Commentary — Learning by Example (2/8)
    30. 7 Fraud Cases and Commentary — Learning by Example (3/8)
    31. 7 Fraud Cases and Commentary — Learning by Example (4/8)
    32. 7 Fraud Cases and Commentary — Learning by Example (5/8)
    33. 7 Fraud Cases and Commentary — Learning by Example (6/8)
    34. 7 Fraud Cases and Commentary — Learning by Example (7/8)
    35. 7 Fraud Cases and Commentary — Learning by Example (8/8)
  9. SECTION II: ESTABLISHING AND MANAGING ANANTI-FRAUD PROGRAM
    1. 8 The International Widget Corporation (1/4)
    2. 8 The International Widget Corporation (2/4)
    3. 8 The International Widget Corporation (3/4)
    4. 8 The International Widget Corporation (4/4)
    5. 9 Establishing an Anti-Fraud Program (1/7)
    6. 9 Establishing an Anti-Fraud Program (2/7)
    7. 9 Establishing an Anti-Fraud Program (3/7)
    8. 9 Establishing an Anti-Fraud Program (4/7)
    9. 9 Establishing an Anti-Fraud Program (5/7)
    10. 9 Establishing an Anti-Fraud Program (6/7)
    11. 9 Establishing an Anti-Fraud Program (7/7)
    12. 10 Managing an Anti-Fraud Program (1/6)
    13. 10 Managing an Anti-Fraud Program (2/6)
    14. 10 Managing an Anti-Fraud Program (3/6)
    15. 10 Managing an Anti-Fraud Program (4/6)
    16. 10 Managing an Anti-Fraud Program (5/6)
    17. 10 Managing an Anti-Fraud Program (6/6)
    18. 11 Winning through Teaming (1/4)
    19. 11 Winning through Teaming (2/4)
    20. 11 Winning through Teaming (3/4)
    21. 11 Winning through Teaming (4/4)
    22. 12 Anti-Fraud Functions (1/2)
    23. 12 Anti-Fraud Functions (2/2)
    24. 13 Are We Winning the Battle? How Do We Know?Measure it!
  10. SECTION III: THE FRAUDULENT FUTURE (1/4)
  11. SECTION III: THE FRAUDULENT FUTURE (2/4)
  12. SECTION III: THE FRAUDULENT FUTURE (3/4)
  13. SECTION III: THE FRAUDULENT FUTURE (4/4)
    1. 14 What Will the Fraudulent Future Hold forCorporations? (1/2)
    2. 14 What Will the Fraudulent Future Hold forCorporations? (2/2)
    3. 15 The Impact of High Technology on Fraud (1/2)
    4. 15 The Impact of High Technology on Fraud (2/2)
    5. 16 What the Security and Other Anti-FraudProfessionals Must Do Now to Personally Prepareto Combat Tomorrow’s Frauds (1/2)
    6. 16 What the Security and Other Anti-FraudProfessionals Must Do Now to Personally Prepareto Combat Tomorrow’s Frauds (2/2)
    7. 17 Summary and Final Thoughts (1/2)
    8. 17 Summary and Final Thoughts (2/2)
  14. About the Author
  15. Index (1/2)
  16. Index (2/2)

Product information

  • Title: Fighting Fraud
  • Author(s): Gerald L. Kovacich
  • Release date: August 2007
  • Publisher(s): Butterworth-Heinemann
  • ISBN: 9780080550985