Corporate Fraud and Corruption: A Holistic Approach to Preventing Financial Crises
Maria Krambia-Kapardis
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Hardback. Krambia-Kapardis shows how evidence-based, multi-level micro and macro analysis of fraud risk and protective factors inform effective fraud prevention, in turn minimizing financial catastrophes. Num Pages: 233 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFX; JKVK; KFF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 445.
Recent large-scale corporate collapses, such as Lehman Brothers, Enron, Worldcom, and Parmalat, highlight the implosion of traditional models of fraud prevention. By focusing on risk factors at the micro level, they have failed to take into account the broader context in which external auditors operate as well as the crucial importance of such factors as corruption, organizational culture, corporate social responsibility, ethical values, governance, ineffective regulation, and a lack of transparency. Corporate Fraud and Corruption engages readers by showing how evidence-based, multi-level micro and macro analysis of fraud risk and protective factors inform effective fraud prevention, ... Read more
Recent large-scale corporate collapses, such as Lehman Brothers, Enron, Worldcom, and Parmalat, highlight the implosion of traditional models of fraud prevention. By focusing on risk factors at the micro level, they have failed to take into account the broader context in which external auditors operate as well as the crucial importance of such factors as corruption, organizational culture, corporate social responsibility, ethical values, governance, ineffective regulation, and a lack of transparency. Corporate Fraud and Corruption engages readers by showing how evidence-based, multi-level micro and macro analysis of fraud risk and protective factors inform effective fraud prevention, ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Weight
445g
Number of Pages
233
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781137406422
SKU
V9781137406422
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99-15
About Maria Krambia-Kapardis
Maria Krambia-Kapardis is Associate Professor of Accounting at Cyprus University of Technology and Chair of Transparency International - Cyprus. Central themes that underlie much of her research are forensic accounting, fraud prevention, and anti-corruption, as well as corporate social responsibility, corporate governance, and business ethics.
Reviews for Corporate Fraud and Corruption: A Holistic Approach to Preventing Financial Crises
This book eloquently combines deep scholarship with practical analysis of the darker aspects of the recent financial crisis. While no one contends that the near destruction of western banking resulted entirely or for that matter significantly, from fraud and corrupt dealing, it is manifest that abuse played a role. Krambia-Kapardis, examining in particular the failure of transparency and, thus, accountability, ... Read more