Sunday, November 12, 2017

Causes of Accounting Scandal

1.      Low internal control

Now let's us picture as if we are in a exam hall, if the invigilator doesn't perform their well enough, high chances the candidates will having malpractice right? So in accounting scandal the situation is the same but just venue change, employees will conduct frauds if the internal control is weak or absent. Besides, if the superior management themselves shows negative or careless attitudes no doubt the junior will imitate and practice fraud .

2.      Greedy-ness

As human being , if they are money minded and chasing for materialistic , the current income resources for them will never be enough .So ,if opportunity given for a “fast buck ”, no doubt they will take the risk and create frauds. So, as advice, never ever put a money servant as the one whom responsible for the money.

3.       Creating profitable image of company

To having more investor, the company need to show and promise for a good returns .But, what if the company is making losses instead of profit? And this is where causes creative accounting happened where the company overstated their assets and revenue to mislead the investors think that the company is gaining lot of revenue.

4.      Pressure given from superior management


This occurs commonly for trading company when the superior set impossible sales targets that stress out the employees which may lead fraud happens.

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Causes of Accounting Scandal

1.       Low internal control Now let's us picture as if we are in a exam hall, if the invigilator doesn't perform their well e...