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    Segregation of Duties: Key Facts You Need to Know

    Posted by Protiviti KnowledgeLeader on Thu, Mar 19, 2020 @ 04:45 PM

    Segregation of duties (SODs) is an important concept to internal control frameworks, financial reporting and regulatory compliance, including the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX). It is a component of an effective control environment. The overall effectiveness of management’s internal controls depends on SoDs to a large extent. For effective internal controls, there needs to be an adequate division of responsibilities.

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    Topics: COSO, Internal Controls, IT Controls, Process-Level Control, Segregation of Duties

    Fraud Detection Red Flags

    Posted by Protiviti KnowledgeLeader on Fri, Dec 01, 2017 @ 07:40 AM

    Fraud: Corporate fraud, employee theft, insurance scams/workers compensation fraud, employer fraud, forgery/falsified documents and even money laundering. Nobody likes to think it’s happening in their company, and yet global fraud studies by the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE) estimate a median of 5% of revenue is lost every year due to fraud. While the ACFE found that both large and small organizations fall victim to occupational and workplace fraud, employee theft and financial fraud are especially detrimental to businesses with less than 100 employees.

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    Topics: Fraud, Ethics, Internal Controls, Segregation of Duties

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