Share your thoughts about the ethics scenario. what did you learn ? what reports or procedures might help Dr. conrad detect or prevent this type of fraud?

Beyond the Numbers BTN 6-1 Harriet Knox, Ralph Patton, and Marcia Diamond work for a family physician, Dr. Gwen Conrad, who is in private practice. Dr. Conrad is knowledgeable about office management practices and has segregated the cash receipt duties as follows. Knox opens the mail and prepares a triplicate list of money received. She sends one copy of the list to Patton, the cashier, who deposits the receipts daily in the bank. Diamond, the recordkeeper, receives a copy of the list and posts payments to patients' accounts. About once a month the office clerks have an expensive lunch they pay for as follows. First, Patton ETHICS CHALLENGE c1 Chapter 6 Cash, Fraud, and Internal Control endorses a patient's check in Dr. Conrad's name and cashes it at the bank. Knox then destroys the remit- tance advice accompanying the check. Finally, Diamond posts payment to the customer's account as a miscellaneous credit. The three justify their actions by their relatively low pay and knowledge that Dr. Conrad will likely never miss the money