Mémoire numérisé par la Division de la gestion de documents et des archives de l'Université de Montréal

Managerial and regulatory focus in the financial industryhas been intensified due to a number of extremely costly and highly publicized events. Whenfraudulent activities or any improper business practices are revealed it may damage the bank’sreputation. In the end this can have a big impact on anyone who is any kind of stakeholder.Reputational risk and by what mechanism reputational risk is adversely affecting stock pricesis therefore of great importance for stakeholders. This study aims at providing insights and abetter understanding of reputational risk. We examine the reputational damage in banksresulting from operational losses and analyze the stock market reaction across the bankingindustry. Research question: What is the effect of operational loss announcements from internalfraudulent activities on competitors in the banking industry? The results show a positive cross-bank reaction during the observed period oftime. Furthermore, the cross-bank reaction is stronger when a reputational damage isrecognized in the bank where the loss occurred. The results show a positive cross-bankreaction during the observed period of time. Furthermore, the cross-bank reaction is strongerwhen a reputational damage is recognized in the bank where the loss occurred.

Fraud and corruption cost South Africa billions of rand yearly. Institutions of higher learning are no less vulnerable to fraud and corruption than other organisations, but are also subject to risks that are unique to academia. The Public Finance Management Act. No.1 of 1999 requires Public entities including the councils (university or college controlling body) of public institutions of higher learning to adopt enterprise risk management, which includes a fraud and corruption risk management policy and procedures. The function of the fraud and corruption policy is to provide an objective strategy to prevent, detect and investigate any possible irregularity in order to prevent further loss in line with Corporate Governance requirements. The anti-fraud and corruption strategy measures include setting the appropriate tone by management of the institution, being proactive (fraud risk assessments), and being reactive (reporting process, investigation and taking appropriate action). The actions include disciplinary action and criminal or civil proceedings in order to recover assets lost. The procedures address the implementation of the policy. This research focused on identifying the relevant issues that could be included in the formulation of fraud and corruption risk management policies and procedures for institutions of higher learning. The research was conducted using a qualitative methodology consisting of a document analysis and interviews. It was found that, out of eleven institutions of higher learning investigated only one institution meets the criteria set out in the framework developed in the research as an assessment tool. The other institutions involved in the research did not have fraud and corruption risk management policies or procedures and therefore did not comply with the Public Finance Management Act.

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Business Management / D. B. L.

This dissertation deals with methods of creative accounting linked with an auditor risk. In the theory part, there is creative accounting defined together with its methods and demonstrations. The auditor risk is then defined as the risk of an inappropriate statement to final accounts issued by the auditor. It refers to the auditor's respond to a possible risk with the aim to reveal the important (material) inaccuracy in the accounting accounts. The practical part demonstrates the possibility of the important (material) inaccuracy made either intentionally or with neglect. The aim of the work is to demonstrate the potential occurance of the practices of the creative accounting in the final accounts and the auditor's possible response to this situation. The conclusion of this dissertation deals with the possible auditor's statements linked with the revealed important (material) inaccuracies in final accounts.

The problems related to accounting errors are a constant current topic. As such, it has also been the subject of this diploma work. The purpose of the analysis has been research and application of numerous measures related to the most common errors in accounting, defining of basic terms - truthfulness, errors, mistakes and fraud in accounting and methods of correction and prevention. In some cases, accounting errors have corresponded to fraud, so-called creative accounting and methods of falsifying accounting records. This work is divided into two main parts: a theoretical part and a practical part, within which discussions and results have been presented. The introduction to the theoretical part defines the legal definition of accounting, the relationship of the income tax act to accounting and ethics in accounting practice and individual authors' views regarding the issue of accounting errors. The practical part also contains presentation of opinions regarding regularly provided information based on publications, including additional information based on personal experience.

Com o processo de convergência às normas internacionais, a partir de 2008, a contabilidade brasileira passou por profundas transformações, principalmente, no campo normativo no que diz respeito às práticas contábeis. Os profissionais do segmento contábil, frequentemente, se deparam com dilemas éticos que para serem solucionados exigem a observância dos princípios éticos que regem a categoria. Este estudo teve como objetivo verificar como o profissional de contabilidade se posiciona, em relação aos dilemas morais, envolvendo atos ilícitos em sua atividade profissional no ambiente de convergência aos padrões internacionais de Contabilidade, tendo como objetivo específico identificar a influência dos componentes do triângulo de fraudes no processo decisório do profissional de Contabilidade, avaliar as características do indivíduo que influenciam o posicionamento ético dos profissionais de Contabilidade em relação às fraudes e investigar a flexibilidade sobre a intenção de agir na escolha de práticas contábeis oriunda da convergência aos padrões internacionais de Contabilidade e suas influências no posicionamento ético dos profissionais de contabilidade em relação às fraudes. Foram enviados questionários aos profissionais de contabilidade contendo a escala de likert de 5 pontos, distribuídas em 4 cenários propostos. As 247 respostas recebidas foram compiladas e tratadas através de análises descritivas e estatísticas com o uso da regressão logística multivariada. Os resultados demonstram duas das três variáveis relacionadas aos componentes presentes no triângulo das fraudes (racionalização, oportunidade e pressão) influenciaram o processo decisório ético do profissional em 2 dos quatro cenários, a variável gênero relacionada às características individuais apresentou influência em um dos cenários, e por fim, a investigação a respeito da flexibilidade sobre a intenção de agir na escolha das práticas contábeis não apresentou influencia em nenhum dos cenários. Esse resultado sugere que os profissionais de contabilidade podem se aproveitar de um momento de troca da empresa de auditoria para efetuar ajustes que beneficiarão o resultado da Companhia (Oportunidade). Tenta-se justificar este procedimento pelo fato de ser uma prática comum no mercado, tentando transformar algo antiético em algo aceitável (Racionalização).

The diploma thesis deals with the issue of creative accounting and subsequent manipulation of financial statements. This is the current topic in our country and in the world. After several world scandals in the area of deliberate misrepresentation of accounting, an increasing emphasis is placed on the reporting ability of financial statements and, in particular, their true and fair value. Financial statements are often the basis for making economic decisions by external users of financial statements. Therefore, it is necessary to emphasize other possible methods leading to the detection of the misstatements in them. The diploma thesis is divided into literary and practical part. In the literary part the reader is acquainted with basic concepts, definition of creative accounting and accounting fraud. There is also a set of selected identification methods used both to prevent the creation and to detect accounting frauds. The practical part of the thesis applies four selected models to the financial statements of the selected entity. It is a small entity without an audit obligation where the main activity is the provision of IT services. Applied and further compared are the Beneish M-Score, Jones Nondiscretionary accruals, CFEBT and Piotroski F-Score models. An add-on is a bankrupt Altman model that evaluates the financial health of the entity, but it does not indicate anything about the possibility of disturbing the true and fair value. Risk periods are analyzed in detail using basic financial analysis techniques. The conclusion of the thesis provides an evaluation of the applicability and suitability of the used methods for the given type of business.

Cette recherche a pour objet d’étudier les formes dont les différents concepts de justice fiscale ont été traduits en formes juridiques.Il convient de souligner que l’on trouve des développements importants sur le concept de Justice dans les écrits d’Aristote qui distinguait la justice générale et la justice particulière. Celle-ci est fractionnée en justice commutative et justice distributive. Cette dernière notion a souvent été reprise par les théoriciens de la fiscalité, elle est encore implicitement très active de nos jours. Cette vision unitaire de la justice légale et morale fut remise en question par celle du positivisme juridique qui a séparé droit et morale. Néanmoins si le concept de Justice est au cœur d’une réflexion générale sur le Droit, il est particulièrement présent au sein du Droit fiscal.Il faut souligner que la Déclaration des droits de l’homme et du citoyen de 1789 a posé les bases de ce droit avec les principes figurant aux articles 13 et 14. Et c’est sur ce socle qu’ont été progressivement organisés les éléments d’une justice fiscale distributive puis redistributive. Il en est résulté un droit reflétant les atermoiements de doctrines fiscales développant des représentations très diverses de la question. Aujourd’hui, bien que les débats soient toujours présents, le pragmatisme semble l’emporter en focalisant le sujet sur la lutte contre la fraude et l’évasion fiscales. / This research aims to study the forms which different tax justice concepts were translated into legal forms.It should be stressed that there are important developments on the concept of justice in the writings of Aristotle, who distinguished the general justice and particular justice. This is divided into commutative justice and distributive justice. This notion has often been taken up by the theorists of taxation, it is still implicitly active today. This unitary vision of the legal and moral justice was challenged by the legal positivism that separated law and morality. However if the concept of justice is at the heart of a general reflection on the Law, it is particularly present in the tax law. Note that the Bill of Rights of Man and Citizen of 1789 laid the foundation of this law with the principles contained in Articles 13 and 14. It is on this foundation that were gradually organized the elements a distributive and redistributive tax justice. This resulted in a law reflecting the procrastination of fiscal doctrines developing diverse representations of the question. Today, although discussions are still present, pragmatism seems to outweigh the subject by focusing on the fight against fraud and tax evasion.