Workshop

Workshop 1:  Fighting Fraud:  the Shared Responsibility of Management and Auditors Globally

Presenters:  Dr. Barry Epstein, Principal, Epstein & Nach, Chicago
Jeffrey Klink, CEO, Klink & Company, University of Pittsburgh
Dr. Sridhar Ramamoorti, Professor of Accounting, Kennesaw State University and
Director, Corporate Governance Center
Dan Torpey, leader, EY Fraud Investigation & Dispute Services Practice for the Southwest
Region

Date:  Thursday, February 18, 2016
Time:  2:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Field of Study:  Accounting
Program Level:  Basic
Method of Delivery:  Group-Live
Credit Hours:  3.0

Intended Audience:  Accounting Professors

Learning Objectives:  The profuseness of fraud, including financial reporting fraud, is widely noted, but auditors have had little success either in finding it in current audit engagements, or in developing more effective tools to improve their future performance.  This session will address some less-widely recognized dimensions of the problem, including the existence of "dark triad" personalities making traditional audit risk assessments more challenging, and will consider a number of more sophisticated analytical and less rigorous fraud detection tools that are ready to deploy in real-world audits, which may serve as a springboard for further research and development by the academic community.

Prerequisites:  None

Advanced Preparation Required:  None