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FRAUD TRIANGLE [2 records]

Record 1 2024-07-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Management Operations
  • Accounting
CONT

In order to perform effective risk assessment procedures, auditors are reminded to consider all three conditions that provide clues to the existence of a potential fraud. Forensic accountants often refer to these conditions as the "fraud triangle"...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Opérations de la gestion
  • Comptabilité
CONT

Pour mettre en œuvre des procédures d'évaluation des risques efficaces, les auditeurs ne doivent pas oublier [de] tenir compte de l'ensemble des trois conditions qui constituent des indices de l'existence d'une fraude potentielle. Les juricomptables désignent fréquemment ces trois conditions comme constituant «le triangle de la fraude» [...]

Spanish

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Record 2 2024-07-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Management Operations
  • Auditing (Accounting)
DEF

... a framework ... used in auditing to explain the reason behind an individual’s decision to commit fraud.

CONT

... the fraud triangle states that "individuals are motivated to commit fraud when three elements come together :(1) some kind of perceived pressure,(2) some perceived opportunity, and(3) some way to rationalize the fraud as not being inconsistent with one's values. "

French

Domaine(s)
  • Opérations de la gestion
  • Vérification (Comptabilité)
CONT

Le cadre d'analyse du «triangle de la fraude» [...] représente un outil déterminant de détection de la fraude et repose sur trois critères qui définissent le contexte favorable à des comportements frauduleux en entreprise [: pression financière, opportunité et rationalisation.]

Spanish

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