An overview of forensic accounting in Malaysia
Forensic accounting may not be a new field in accounting. However it becomes so important recently and has been an interest to various stakeholders, from the government, to investors, and practitioners to regulatory bodies. Corporate failures like the often cited by Enron and WorldCom cases have pla...
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| description | Forensic accounting may not be a new field in accounting. However it becomes so important recently and has been an interest to various stakeholders, from the government, to investors, and practitioners to regulatory bodies. Corporate failures like the often cited by Enron and WorldCom cases have placed forensic accounting into the limelight. The objective of this study is to present the views of the practitioners regarding forensic accounting and its current development in Malaysia. For the purpose of this study, practitioners from the big and medium accounting firms and regulatory bodies in Malaysia were interviewed regarding the subject matter and unstructured interviews were used in the study.
Keywords: Forensic Accounting, Auditing and Investigation |
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| spelling | um.eprints-86162014-06-10T01:54:02Z http://eprints.um.edu.my/8616/ An overview of forensic accounting in Malaysia Ibrahim, M.S. Abdullah, M. HC Economic History and Conditions HV Social pathology. Social and public welfare Forensic accounting may not be a new field in accounting. However it becomes so important recently and has been an interest to various stakeholders, from the government, to investors, and practitioners to regulatory bodies. Corporate failures like the often cited by Enron and WorldCom cases have placed forensic accounting into the limelight. The objective of this study is to present the views of the practitioners regarding forensic accounting and its current development in Malaysia. For the purpose of this study, practitioners from the big and medium accounting firms and regulatory bodies in Malaysia were interviewed regarding the subject matter and unstructured interviews were used in the study. Keywords: Forensic Accounting, Auditing and Investigation 2007 Conference or Workshop Item NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en http://eprints.um.edu.my/8616/1/All.pdf Ibrahim, M.S. and Abdullah, M. (2007) An overview of forensic accounting in Malaysia. In: International Conference on Business and Information, 10-13 Julai 2007, Tokyo, Japan. (Unpublished) |
| spellingShingle | HC Economic History and Conditions HV Social pathology. Social and public welfare Ibrahim, M.S. Abdullah, M. An overview of forensic accounting in Malaysia |
| title | An overview of forensic accounting in Malaysia |
| title_full | An overview of forensic accounting in Malaysia |
| title_fullStr | An overview of forensic accounting in Malaysia |
| title_full_unstemmed | An overview of forensic accounting in Malaysia |
| title_short | An overview of forensic accounting in Malaysia |
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| topic | HC Economic History and Conditions HV Social pathology. Social and public welfare |
| url | http://eprints.um.edu.my/8616/1/All.pdf |
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