Increasing Awareness and Understanding Within Your Organization

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Corporate management needs to create a culture of honesty and high ethics, as well as communicate to employees the importance of acceptable behavior and responsible reporting. How to emphasize these issues is a growing concern. In addition, employees are concerned about what might happen to them if they do step forward. It's important that they—as well as you—know what their rights are under the law.

Learning to Love Whistleblowers

Survey results indicate that fraud is more likely uncovered from a co-worker's tip than from an internal or external audit. Public and private companies are increasingly implementing whistle blowing systems to head off problems early. Learn More>>

Sarbanes-Oxley Act—Continuing Developments

The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 was the most significant piece of legislation for the accounting profession since 1934. The act included unprecedented new requirements for auditors of public companies, Wall Street, and corporations. Learn More>>

Fraud and Theft Start Small

Nearly all the grief our profession has been getting lately stems from the giant fraud schemes and audit failures that make the front page of your daily paper. We read the articles and think they don't apply to our company or firm. Unfortunately, that's wishful thinking. Learn More>>

Earnings Management: When Does Juggling the Numbers Become Fraud?

Companies manage earnings when they ask, "How can we best report desired results?" rather than "How can we best report economic reality (the actual results)?" Earnings management includes selecting GAAP methods with concern for appearance rather than reality. Learn More>>