Assignment: Fraud Prevention, Deterrence, and Detection at Diamond Foods

Forensic accountants are often called upon to examine a companys fraud and internal controls and make improvements to the system. Read the Diamond Foods case study located in your Syllabus.

Checklist:

Prepare a 23 page paper describe the deficiencies that existed in corporate governance, internal controls, and other areas, using the risk factors listed on pages 505508.

Explain how the risk factors you found increase fraud risk. For each fraud risk factor, suggest an internal control that will minimize the risk.

Look for an article regarding internal controls for fraud control in the Kaplan Library accessible in the home area of the course room. Use a short APA citation from your chosen article to support your suggested internal controls and provide the appropriate APA accompanying reference on a separate last page.

Submit your Assignment to the Dropbox before the end of the unit.

For assistance with APA citations and references access theWriting Center in the home area of your course. Additional resources are located in Doc Sharing.

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