Barriers to Corporate Fraud : How They Work, Why They Fail.

Presents findings of University of Texas Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs 2003-2004 research on corporate fraud. Examines role of various internal and external controls in deterring corporate fraud, including corporate governance and management structure, auditors, attorneys, whistleblower...

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Corporate Authors:	Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service, ProQuest (Firm)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2004.
Series:	U.S. Congressional Research.
Subjects:	Business ethics. Civil procedure. Finance > Law and legislation. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

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Summary:	Presents findings of University of Texas Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs 2003-2004 research on corporate fraud. Examines role of various internal and external controls in deterring corporate fraud, including corporate governance and management structure, auditors, attorneys, whistleblowers, Government regulators, the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, and civil litigation. Discusses theories and definitions of white collar crime and lessons to be learned from the collapse of Enron Corp.
Item Description:	Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed Nov. 2010). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC. CRS Report. Electronic resource.
Physical Description:	1 online resource.