The fraud risk matters for all companies and organizations, including nonprofit organizations. Data from Report to The Nation 2020 shows that fraud cases recorded as many as 191 cases with corruption cases took first place as much as 40% and were followed by billing and cost reimbursement cases. The estimated non profit losses have the smallest average of $ 75,000…
The Covid-19 pandemic increases the threat of fraud more than ever before. Where sales have become one of the business process areas that are exposed to the threat of fraud. How does fraud occur in sales and what can we do to prevent it? In a webinar titled ” There is always somebody ready to take unfair advantage of a…
In 2019, Garuda Indonesia airlines were proven to have manipulated their financial statements. As reported by Okezone.id, the Garuda Indonesia Group posted a net profit of USD 809.85 thousand or equivalent to Rp11.33 billion. This figure jumped sharply compared to 2017 when they suffered a loss of USD 216.5 million. However, their financial statements caused a polemic until they were…
On April 1, 2019, White House Security Adviser Tricia Newbold revealed that there were serious violations in the administration of security permits against a number of US President Donald Trump’s staff. As reported by AFP and Sky News, the refusal of granting permission to access confidential documents is related to conflicts of interest, personal background, to involvement with other countries….
Fraud can occur in any organization, including educational institutions. If you want to find out how bad a fraud scandal might be in an educational institution, then Bad Education can provide the picture nearest to the reality. Bad Education is a film based on a true story of one of the largest theft scandals in American history. The film, which…
The pressure of achieving business targets under the global crisis may drive employees to falsify financial statements. An executive level employee may make a falsified financial statement to hide the company’s bad financial circumstances due to significant unachieved business targets. Or an employee may see the relaxed control during the crisis as a perfect time to embezzle or corrupt the…
Higher education institutions are often seen as hubs of advanced ethical thinking, so the idea that universities can also commit fraud is hard to believe by our community. In fact, fraud can occur within the scope of educational institutions and even research institutions. Fraud in higher education institutions According to a study released by the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners,…
The dynamic business world requires companies to be flexible and able to respond quickly to changes in the market. Especially when the world is facing the Covid-19 pandemic as it is today. Given this dynamic condition, companies are required to consistently implement Good Corporate Governance (GCG). According to the Business Dictionary, Corporate Governance is the framework of rules and practices by which…
It is no secret that employees who blow the whistle on wrongdoings are often subjected to horrendous retaliation. This ranges from ostracism, intimidation, dismissal, to harassment and more. Despite the existence of the whistleblowing system, retaliation often causes employees to be reluctant to report important issues and this would lead to a greater loss for the company as the wrongdoings would remain undetected. However, a survey by the Ethics…
