Keywords

Book Reviews, economic crime, business, fraud

Abstract

Since the unveiling of corporate scandals such as Enron, the United State’s government has aggressively prosecuted fraud cases and has established tougher laws in an effort to prevent fraud. For the PricewaterhouseCoopers study titled Economic Crime: People, Culture and Controls,1representativesof 5,400 companies from 40 different countries were interviewed. Forty-three percent reported that their companies had been victims of economic crime within the past 2 years. The average loss from fraud per company increased nearly 40% in 2 years from roughly US$1.7 million in 2005 to approximatelyUS$2.4 million in 2007. Along with the increased government concern about corporate fraud has come an increased interest in fraud research, especially in the academic world.

Original Publication Citation

Camacho, L. (2009). A review of “Fraud Casebook: Lessons from the bad side of the business”. Journal of Business & Finance Librarianship, 14(4), 373-375. doi:10.1080/08963560802698119

Document Type

Other

Publication Date

2009

Publisher

Taylor & Francis Group

Language

English

College

Harold B. Lee Library

University Standing at Time of Publication

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