4-2 Activity: Legal and Ethical Guidelines

ACC 692 Module Four Activity Guidelines and Rubric

Scenario

You are a fraud investigator at Seven Hills CPAs. A multinational corporation, Purple Mountain Lodge, suspects fraudulent activity within their organization and has hired your firm to complete a fraud investigation. As part of the investigation, you will need to interview employees at Purple Mountain Lodge. To remain transparent about the investigation, you feel you need to provide your client with information on ethical and legal guidelines that are used in the interview process.

Directions

Write an email to the client illustrating ethical and legal guidelines in the interview process. Specifically, you must address the following rubric criteria:

Describe the components of an ethical framework used in the fraud interview process.

Explain the importance of an ethical framework when conducting fraud interviews.

1. Describe how legal elements impact the way a fraud interview is conducted.

Recommend the appropriate legal actionsthat should be taken in the fraud interview process.