The impact of forensic accounting as a tool for fraud detection in companies
- Author
- Paudala, Annes P.
- Title
- The impact of forensic accounting as a tool for fraud detection in companies
- Abstract
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Thetitleofthisstudyis“theimpactofforensicaccountingasatoolforfraud
detectionincompanies”.Themainobjectivewastoestablishtheimpactwhich
forensicaccountinghashadondetectionandpreventionoffraudincompanies.The
researchertherefore came up with a hypothesis statementwhich soughtto
investigatethenatureandextentoftherelationshipbetweenforensicaccounting
and fraud prevention and detection.The researcherfocused on the forensic
accountingtheoryandthepredicationtheoryastheunderlyingtheoriesinthestudy.
Theresearcherused thedescriptiveresearchdesigninapproaching thestudy.
Through this research design,the researchertargeted to use the pragmatism
approach which mixes both quantitative and qualitative aspects ofstudy.The
researcherfocusedontheoperationalcommercialbanksinZimbabweanddelimited
thebankstothoseoperatingwithinHarare.Theresearcherusedclusteredrandom
samplingtodeterminethesamplesizetobeusedfortheresearch.Theresearcher
usedtheKrejcie-Morgantablesindeterminingthesamplesizeandcameupwitha
samplesizeof82respondentsfrom apopulationof312.TheresearcherusedSPSS
indataanalysis.Theresearcherfoundthattheforensicaccountingpracticedeters
thecommitmentoffraudinorganizations.Therefore,forensicaccountingisatoolin
deterringfraudandotherfinancialcrime.Theresearcherrecommendsthatfuture
studiesshouldfocusontheimplementationoffinancialaccountingstandardsand
otherlegalinstrumentsinorganizationsinenhancingcomplianceotherthanasole
relianceontheforensicaccountingfunction. - Date
- 2022
- Publisher
- BUSE
- Keywords
- Forensic accounting
- Fraud detection
- Supervisor
- Onias, Z.
- Item sets
- Department of Accountancy
- Media
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