<p>As long as there is human deception and naiveté, there will be fraud. Beyond the financial devastation to the balance sheet is fraud's enduring impact to a disgraced organization's reputation. In <i>Executive Roadmap to Fraud Prevention and Internal Control, Second Edition,</i> you'll learn how to develop a best-in-class fraud prevention and internal control compliance program that will ensure effective regulatory compliance in your organization as well as substantial savings from fraud losses, government prosecutions, and shareholder litigation. <p>Authors Martin Biegelman and Joel Bartow share their combined sixty-plus years of experience in both the public and private sectors detecting and investigating fraud and white-collar crime to provide you with a thorough understanding of the principles of fraud examination and state-of-the-art compliance programs. Now in a thoroughly updated second edition, <i>Executive Roadmap to Fraud Prevention and Internal Control</i> covers the most recent corporate fraud laws, crimes, and events. <p>Written for corporate executives and managers who understand the importance and ramifications of good corporate governance, ethics and compliance, <i>Executive Roadmap to Fraud Prevention and Internal Control</i> explores: <ul> <li>The major compliance and corporate governance initiatives from 19852011</li> <li>A 14-point program your business can use to proactively prevent fraud</li> <li>ACFE Fraud Prevention Check-Up to test how vulnerable your organization is to fraud</li> <li>Best practices for hotlines and whistleblower protection</li> <li>Fraud Triangle and other theories and models explaining how and why fraud occurs</li> <li>How the government investigates and prosecutes corporate fraud</li> <li>Interviews with former fraudsters</li> <li>Key steps in designing a robust fraud prevention program</li> <li>Role of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act in reducing corporate fraud</li> <li>Enterprise Risk Management</li> <li>Global fraud and corruption risk</li> <li>The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA)</li> <li>Updates to the Federal Sentencing Guidelines for Organizational Crime</li> <li>The impact of the financial crisis and "Too Big To Fail" policy</li> <li>Case studies of corporate frauds including Enron, WorldCom, Tyco, Computer Associates, and Satyam</li> <li>Technology trends and tools to protect organizations</li> <li>Lessons your business can apply now and in the future to prevent fraud</li> </ul> <p>Executive Insights throughout the book detail case studies, while an Executive Summary in each chapter condenses the key points. In addition, there are sample policies, real-world examples, an instructor's URL (including a test bank to aid in course adoptions), checklists, and best practices. <p>Simply reacting to fraud issues is no longer acceptable. Stop fraud in its tracks today with the field-tested, proactive methods found in <i>Executive Roadmap to Fraud Prevention and Internal Control, Second Edition.</i>