Research Project Instructions
You have covered many cases in your text as well as your assigned videos during the semester and you have heard of many other cases of accounting fraud in the news.
For your research project, you will write a research paper using APA style about a case of accounting fraud (from your text, news, etc.). Please make sure that the available information about the case is enough for you to be able answer the questions below as well as provide a two-page minimum research paper (not including title page and references).
Your paper should be typed using Microsoft Word and double-spaced with 1” margins on all sides with 12 pt. Times New Roman font. Using APA style, your paper will need to include:
a Title Page,
Main Body (at least two pages), and a References page.
Please see APA information from the following website for assistance in formatting the paper and references.
https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/01/
Suggested Outline to guide you in your paper:
1) Introduce the company where the fraud occurred. Give the background and where the company is located.
2) Who are the players? Who committed the fraud, how, why, over what time-period. HOW DID THEY DO IT AND WHAT WAS THE MOTIVATION? What was the monetary damage? Address the fraud issues that you have learned in this class. Were the 3 elements of fraud from the fraud triangle present?
3) Who discovered the fraud?
4) What was the reaction by the company?
5) What happened with respect to internal control? Did it fail? Was it ever in place etc.?
6) What happened to the person/people who committed the fraud?
7) What changed in the company after the fraud…if there were any changes?
Add any additional information as needed. Conclusion