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  • Dayton Fraud, Cyber, and Ethics Virtual Conference 2021 Agenda

Dayton Fraud, Cyber, and Ethics Virtual Conference 2021 Agenda

Dayton Fraud, Cyber, and Ethics Virtual Conference | October 5–8, 2020

  October 20, 2021
12:15–12:30 p.m. ET Opening Welcome Address
Amanda Malusky Krauss, Axium Consulting
Dr. Trevor Collier, Interim Dean, University of Dayton School of Business Administration
12:30–1:20 p.m. ET
1 Hr CPE
Keynote Address
Fraud in the ESG Space: It's Not Just Green, It's Gray

Brad Preber, CEO of Grant Thornton LLP
Á La Carte Virtual Session Registration
1:20–1:35 p.m. ET

Break

1:35–2:25 p.m. ET
1 Hr CPE
Insys Therapeutics: An Ethics Case Study
 SSA Paul Baumrind, FBI
 Interviewed by Assistant U.S. Attorney Nat Yeager, Vic Hartman, CPA, JD, FBI (Ret),
The Hartman Firm, B4G
Á La Carte Virtual Session Registration
2:25–2:40 p.m. ET Break
2:40–3:30 p.m. ET
1 hr CPE
Theranos' Elizabeth Holmes—A Shark as an Apex Predator
Dr. Sridhar Ramamoorti, B4G, Accounting Professor, University of Dayton
Daven Morrison, MD, B4G, Morrison Associates, Ltd
Á La Carte Virtual Session Registration
3:30–3:45 p.m. ET Break
3:45–4:35 p.m. ET
1 hr CPE
Insights on Fraud and Ethical Ecologies
Dr. Alexander Stein, Dolus Advisors
 SSA Paul Baumrind, FBI
Dr. Sridhar Ramamoorti, B4G, Accounting Professor, University of Dayton
Dr. Joe Koletar, DPA, CFE, Former Chairman of the Board of Regents of the
Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE)
Moderator: Amanda Malusky Krauss, Axium Consulting, and Jack Bigelow, B4G
Á La Carte Virtual Session Registration
 
  October 21, 2021
8:15–9:05 a.m. ET
1 Hr CPE
Introduction and Keynote Address I
Cyber—An Enterprise Risk: Best Practices and Lessons Learned

SSA Chad Hunt, FBI
Á La Carte Virtual Session Registration
9:05–9:20 a.m. ET

Break

9:20–10:10 a.m. ET
1 Hr CPE
Keynote Address II
The State of State Auditing

Introduced by Eric F. Spina, President of the University of Dayton
Keith Faber, Auditor-State of Ohio
Elizabeth Akers, Senior Forensic Audit Manager for Auditor Faber
Á La Carte Virtual Session Registration
10:10–10:25 a.m. ET Break
10:25–11:15 a.m. ET
1 Hr CPE
Fraud Risk in M&A and Valuations
Dr. Ramesh Venkat, CEO, Fairwinds Private Equity
Á La Carte Virtual Session Registration
11:15–11:30 a.m. ET Break
11:30 a.m.–
12:20 p.m. ET
1 Hr CPE
Leading Resilient Organizations Amidst the Growing Threats of Cyber Attacks:
Lessons from High-Performing/High-Risk Industries

Dr. Thomas Skill, Chief Information Officer, University of Dayton  
Introduction by David Salisbury, Director of the University of Dayton Center for
Cybersecurity & Data Intelligence
Á La Carte Virtual Session Registration
12:20–1:10 p.m. ET Break
1:10–2:00 p.m. ET
1 Hr CPE
A Snake in the Office: Nine Years of Small Business Trust, Betrayal,
 and Embezzlement of Half a Million Dollars

Jay Freedman and Mona Freedman, Caring Communities
Moderator: Vic Hartman, B4G, The Hartman Firm
Á La Carte Virtual Session Registration
2:00–2:15 p.m. ET Break
2:15–3:05 p.m. ET
1 Hr CPE
Investigations: A Former FBI Agent Tells All
Vic Hartman, CPA, JD, B4G, The Hartman Firm
Á La Carte Virtual Session Registration
3:05–3:20 p.m. ET Break
3:20–4:10 p.m. ET
1 Hr CPE
Blind Spots in Investigations
Dr. Joseph Koletar, B4G
Á La Carte Virtual Session Registration
4:10–4:25 p.m. ET Break
4:25–5:15 p.m. ET
1 Hr CPE
Tax Fraud and Money Laundering: A One-Two Punch!
Elliot Lieb, IRS (Ret), University of Cincinnati
Á La Carte Virtual Session Registration
5:15–5:30 p.m. ET Closing Remarks
Amanda Malusky Krauss, Axium Consulting
 
  October 22, 2021
8:15–9:05 a.m. ET
1 Hr CPE
Keynote Address
The (Mostly) Ethical Person’s Guide to Fraud, Corruption, Malice, and Worse:
Everything You’ve Always Wanted to Know

Dr. Alexander Stein, Dolus Advisors
Á La Carte Virtual Session Registration
9:05–9:20 a.m. ET

Break

9:20–10:10 a.m. ET
1 Hr CPE
Interviewing to Counter Deception
Dr. Maria Hartwig, Project Alethea
 Mark Fallon, Project Alethea
Á La Carte Virtual Session Registration
10:10–10:25 a.m. ET Break
10:25–11:15 a.m. ET
1 hr CPE
Understanding Materiality:
Widening the Aperture Beyond Financial Materiality into Psychological Materiality

Daven Morrison, MD, B4G, Morrison Associates
Dr. Sridhar Ramamoorti, B4G, Accounting Professor, University of Dayton
Á La Carte Virtual Session Registration
11:15–11:30 a.m. ET Break
11:30 a.m.–
12:20 p.m. ET
1 hr CPE
Why Good People Make Bad Decisions
Diann Cattani
Á La Carte Virtual Session Registration
12:20–12:25 p.m. ET Conference Closing
Amanda Malusky Krauss, Axium Consulting
Rick Stover, partner, PwC (Retired)


A Snake in the Office: Nine Years of Small Business Trust, Betrayal, and Embezzlement of Half a Million Dollars
Jay Freedman and Mona Freedman

Session Description:
Protect yourself. Milestone Media Group and its sister non-profit company, Caring Communities, were victims of a huge theft/fraud scheme from 2006 through 2015. The crimes were perpetrated by a closely trusted employee who was in charge of the accounting system, all bookkeeping, as well as all payroll, accounts payable, and accounts receivable. This person was found guilty of stealing nearly $500,000 and served a nine-month sentence in jail. There are some very specific—yet routine—tasks that will help any small business avoid a similar fate. Hear from the owners about what steps need to be taken to protect all business owners. These elements include helpful tips from financial operations and human resources to hiring practices and risk management.

Learning Objectives:
After this session, attendees will be able to:
  • Identify weaknesses in routine procedures that make small businesses vulnerable to theft and fraud
  • Identify steps that many small business owners can take to reduce risk
  • Assess who is checking the checker—trust and betrayal
  • Demonstrate doing the business of the business
Who Should Attend:
Accountants, lawyers, small business coaches, small business owners and managers, and entrepreneurs who would like to hear real-life examples of fraud schemes, what went wrong, how to collect evidence, and how to lessen the risk of loss.

CPE Hours

Delivery Method

Group Internet-Based

Program Level

Basic

Advanced Preparation

None

Prerequisites

None

 

Business Management and Organization

1

Total CPE Hours

 

1


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Blind Spots in Investigations
Dr. Joseph W. Koletar, CFE

Session Description:
The initial assumptions you make can doom your ability to conduct an effective inquiry into organizational issues.

Learning Objectives:
After this session, attendees will be able to:
  • Cite common types of assumptions that can bias the objectivity of an investigation
  • Describe how assumption-based biases can make an inquiry into organizational issues, such as fraud, less effective
Who Should Attend:
This session will provide valuable insight to accountants, valuation analysts, and internal auditors.

CPE Hours

Delivery Method

Group Internet-Based

Program Level

Intermediate

Advanced Preparation

None

Prerequisites

None

 

Behavioral Ethics

1

Total CPE Hours

 

1


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Cyber—An Enterprise Risk: Best Practices and Lessons Learned
Chad Hunt

Session Description:
Drawing from almost 18 years of cyber criminal and cyber national security investigations at the FBI that have spanned the globe, this session will highlight lessons learned and best practices attendees can consider for themselves, their companies, agencies, or schools to help mitigate threats in their environments. This session will also discuss how these best practices can be applied to cyber threats such as ransomware, supply chain attacks, extortion, and Business E-mail Compromise (BEC) in the year 2021 and beyond. Moreover, this session will touch on cyber criminal and cyber nation state actors who are responsible for cyber attacks, giving attendees further insights on what to protect both in the real world and online. Finally, the session will offer insights on working with law enforcement and the importance of proactively establishing relationships.

Learning Objectives:
After this session, attendees will be able to:
  • Identify best practices to help mitigate cyber attacks
  • Determine best practice to reduce the likelihood of becoming a victim of cyber crime
  • Recognize current cyber threats
  • Specify more about the individuals and groups responsible for cyber attacks
  • State law enforcement’s role in cyber matters
Who Should Attend:
Everyone, regardless of profession, could benefit from attending this session. “Cyber” permeates everyone’s lives at home, at work, and at school. Best practices learned in this session could reduce the chances of you and/or your company becoming the victim of cyber crime.

CPE Hours

Delivery Method

Group Internet-Based

Program Level

Overview

Advanced Preparation

None

Prerequisites

None

 

Computer Software and Applications

1

Total CPE Hours

 

1


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Fraud Risk in M&A and Valuations
Ramesh Venkat

Session Description:
The session will cover, inter alia, the following:
  • Common and uncommon instruments of fraud in M&A and valuations
  • Signals that data is wrong, incomplete, misleading, or misrepresented
  • Identification of red flags in data and in behavior of participants
  • Tools and techniques to detect deception and diversion
  • Psychology and motivations of fraud and fraudulent behavior
  • Mitigation and redressal of frauds
Case studies drawn from real-life transactions will be used to present the above.

Learning Objectives:
After this session, attendees will be able to:
  • Identify the potential for and recognize fraud risks in M&A and valuation contexts
  • learn about fraud indicia, symptoms, and red flags
  • Employ fraud awarness and know appropriate defensive measures so as not becoming victims
  • Recognize both the instruments of fraud and the behavioral psychology behind fraud
  • Demonstrate a comprehensive learning of the practical tools required for identifying, mitigating, and redressing potential fraud in M&A and valuation transactions
Who Should Attend:
This session will be useful to professionals in the accounting, auditing, finance, strategy, and business planning functions. Participants could be practitioners in the above areas or working in corporations or firms with responsibility for, or involvement in originating, executing, supervising, or auditing M&A and valuation deals. 

CPE Hours

Delivery Method

Group Internet-Based

Program Level

Advanced

Advanced Preparation

None

Prerequisites

None

 

Behavioral Ethics

1

Total CPE Hours

 

1


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Insys Therapeutics: An Ethics Case Study
Vic Hartman

Session Description:
Insys Therapeutics is a pharmaceutical company that engaged in systemic fraudulent business practices to promote its drug, Subsys, a sublingual fentanyl spray. Subsys is a powerful and highly addictive opioid painkiller. The company has settled civil and criminal charges brought by the United States Department of Justice.Eight individuals, including the CEO, have been convicted of fraud.

Learning Objectives:
After this session, attendees will be able to:
  • Identify red flags of an organization’s culture that can lead to fraud
  • Identify a toxic corporate culture and its impact on corporate governance and civil and criminal liability
  • Illustrate tips on the prevention, detection, and investigation of corporate malfeasance
Who Should Attend:
The session is designed for professionals interacting with ethics, compliance, and corporate governance. Professionals that will gain from this knowledge include CPAs, attorneys, investigators, and regulators.

CPE Hours

Delivery Method

Group Internet-Based

Program Level

Basic

Advanced Preparation

None

Prerequisites

None

 

Behavioral Ethics

1

Total CPE Hours

 

1


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Interviewing to Counter Deception
Maria Hartwig, PhD

Session Description:
In this session, Professor Hartwig and Mr. Fallon will tell us what they know about strategic methods to counter deception during an interview. They will also describe the emerging science and practice on effective interviewing.

Learning Objectives:
After this session, attendees will be able to:
  • Cite at least three strategic ways to counter deception when conducting an interview
  • Describe three developments in the emerging science and practice of effective interviewing
Who Should Attend:
This session will be providing knowledge and insight to accountants, fraud examiners, auditors, lawyers, and forensic accountants.

CPE Hours

Delivery Method

Group Internet-Based

Program Level

Intermediate

Advanced Preparation

None

Prerequisites

None

 

Regulatory Ethics

1

Total CPE Hours

 

1


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Investigations: A Former FBI Agent Tells All
Vic Hartman

Session Description:
Allegations of fraud and corruption are commonplace. A variety of professionals are charged with investigating those allegations. This session addresses investigations from detection through resolution. The session highlights legal issues, investigative strategies, the three categories where all evidence resides, and professional standards.

Learning Objectives:
After this session, attendees will be able to:
  • Describe the components of an effective investigation
  • Explain the legal issues an investigator may encounter
  • Recognize the importance of different types of evidence
  • Apply the tools to organize and lead an investigation
Who Should Attend:
The session is designed for CPAs, forensic investigators, auditors, attorneys, management, and law enforcement.

CPE Hours

Delivery Method

Group Internet-Based

Program Level

Intermediate

Advanced Preparation

None

Prerequisites

None

 

Management Services

1

Total CPE Hours

 

1


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Leading Resilient Organizations Amidst the Growing Threats of Cyber Attacks: Lessons from High Performing/High Risk Industries
Thomas Skill, PhD

Session Description:
Building on the cyber-mindfulness research at the University of Dayton’s Center for Cybersecurity and Data Intelligence, this will be a non-technical executive-level talk on institutionally positioning an organization to embrace the "qualities of attentiveness" as core success factors in avoiding and responding to cyberattacks. We apply Karl Wieck’s five principles of “high-reliability organizations” (Failure, Simplification, Operations, Resilience, Expertise) to the context of cybersecurity with a focus on best practices for implementing resilient cybersecurity operations in organizations.

Learning Objectives:
After this session, attendees will be able to:
  • Explain the foundations of stakeholder engagement via the “cyber-mindfulness” awareness-agency-action model as we consider leading practices offered by the high-reliability organization framework
  • Define the three operational phases of cybersecurity management practices: engineering, education, and enforcement
  • Analyze the lessons we can learn from the five principles of high-reliability organizations in the context of cybersecurity readiness:
  • Failure: Explore why organizations must cultivate a strong interest in minor "cyber failures" as a key part of a solid readiness and response program.
  • Simplification: Discuss the pitfalls of oversimplifying cybersecurity in complex environments—and why we need to socialize our operational leadership to make fewer assumptions, notice more, and ignore less.
  • Operations: Dissect the cyber risks that leaders face when they lose touch with their day-to-day operations. Sustaining a sensitivity to operations is an effective way to avoid the "failure of foresight." We will see examples of how we might catch small errors before they grow into large problems.
  • Resilience: Highlight the importance of a "commitment to longevity and resilience" that incorporates a set of active practices focused on systematically learning from events. In this vein, we will address the importance of cultivating our teams to speculate freely on possible cybersecurity problems and ways to respond.
  • Expertise: Reinforce the importance of having respect for and the early engagement of expertise in building a robust cybersecurity operation. A critical success factor is avoiding a "hierarchy of command" in responding to events as they emerge, grow, and change.
  • Deminstrate examples of best (and worst) practices and suggest some key questions that will help organizations assess their current status with respect to becoming a high-reliability organization
Who Should Attend:
This is an executive level session that is well suited for current and rising organizational leaders. This is particularly relevant to those individuals who provide advice and direction with respect to organizational risk management.

CPE Hours

Delivery Method

Group Internet-Based

Program Level

Intermediate

Advanced Preparation

None

Prerequisites

None

 

Information Technology

1

Total CPE Hours

 

1


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Tax Fraud and Money Laundering: A One-Two Punch!
Elliott E. Lieb

Session Description:
Often, prosecutors and investigators who are involved in the investigation of financial crimes have referred to the crime of money laundering as "tax evasion in progress". Let's explore this phrase and discuss how prosecution teams have already figured this out and why defense teams (attorneys, forensic accountants, and investigators) need to be aware of this as soon as they become engaged.

Learning Objectives:
After this session, attendees will be able to:
  • Describe the federal money laundering statutes and federal tax fraud statutes
  • Explain why "dirty" money may not seem very dirty
  • Explain why financial investigative skills (following the money) are critical in being a team member (prosecution or defense) in a tax/money laundering case
Who Should Attend:
Forensic accountants, CPAs, prosecutors, defense attorneys, financial investigative team members.

CPE Hours

Delivery Method

Group Internet-Based

Program Level

Overview

Advanced Preparation

None

Prerequisites

None

 

Accounting

1

Total CPE Hours

 

1


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The (Mostly) Ethical Person's Guide to Fraud, Corruption, Malice, and Worse: Everything You’ve Always Wanted to Know
Alexander Stein, PhD

Session Description:
Fraud, corruption, and abuses of power are universal to the human condition.

Malicious actors’ work—looting organizations, subverting the rule of law, disrupting global economies, conning and traumatizing individuals, families, and societies—requires no weapons or physical force. The fraudster’s playbook exploits natural human susceptibilities to deceit, artifice, sharp dealing, psychological manipulation, and betrayals of confidence to cajole, pressure, hoodwink, or induce victims’ unwitting cooperation against self-interest.

In this presentation, I will use film clips, humor, and insights from my work as a specialist in the psychodynamics of fraud, corruption, and executive misconduct to debunk some myths and misconceptions, and shed light on the complex psychological and psychosocial dimensions of malfeasant behavior. The session will also introduce cutting-edge tools to help counter-fraud, anti-corruption, ethics and compliance, and how cybersecurity professionals leverage the practical value of psychological literacy and more precise accountings of human thought and action to strengthen ethical culture and more effectively combat wrongdoing.

Learning Objectives:
After this session, attendees will be able to:
  • Summarize the taxonomy of ethical, psychological, and psychosocial dynamics at play in malicious incidents
  • Identify the blind spots that typically undermine counter-fraud and cybersecurity efforts and describe alternative, psycho-socially sophisticated methods to detect and mitigate insider threats and social engineering
  • Explain psychodynamic intelligence analysis—decoding psychological fingerprints and shadow data (trace information about human thought and behavior)—to develop models of percolating intent and imminent malicious or lawless action
  • Construct precision profiles of primary and ancillary actors, their organizations and networks of affiliates and collaborators
Who Should Attend:
Leaders, managers of people, accountants, valuation analysts, fraud examiners, and lawyers would benefit from attending this session.

CPE Hours

Delivery Method

Group Internet-Based

Program Level

Intermediate

Advanced Preparation

None

Prerequisites

None

 

Personnel/Human Resources

1

Total CPE Hours

 

1


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The State of State Auditing
Auditor Keith Faber and Elizabeth Akers

Session Description:
Efficient, effective, and transparent—State Auditor Faber will describe the mission of the Ohio Auditor's Office and review current trends his team is seeing in their various scopes of work.

Ms. Akers will then present a detailed case study of the special investigation of the Strongsville City Schools, discovering the theft of more than $60,000.

Learning Objectives:
After this session, attendees will be able to:
  • Cite the mission of the Ohio State Auditor
  • Identify the signals of financial malfeasance within a publicly funded governing body
  • Analyze the usefulness of public audits
Who Should Attend:
Accountants, fraud examiners, lawyers, organizational leaders.

CPE Hours

Delivery Method

Group Internet-Based

Program Level

Intermediate

Advanced Preparation

None

Prerequisites

None

 

Accounting

1

Total CPE Hours

 

1


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Understanding Materiality: Widening the Aperture beyond Financial Materiality into Psychological Materiality
Daven Morrison

Session Description:
Financial materiality refers to the magnitude of financial sum must be to be significant enough to influence an accounting or financial record. It is an important consideration, therefore, in the study of fraud. It is generally a well-understood concept for financial and business professionals, and a critical concept in policy setting and education. In insurance and control operations, it is also used as a threshold for managerial and executive accountability. As with financial materiality, there are similar thresholds in which information becomes material psychologically in the world of human behavior. This session will explore how materiality works in human behavior. In particular, and to support the Dayton Fraud, Cyber, and Ethics conference, we will explore the role psychological materiality has in fraud prevention and investigation.

This is a joint presentation with Sridhar Ramamoorti PhD, Professor of Accounting at the University of Dayton

Learning Objectives:
After this session, attendees will be able to:
  • Define psychological materiality
  • Identify and distinguish the role of psychological materiality from financial materiality
  • Recognize simple examples of psychological materiality as it relates to the unique narrative and the shared sensory perceptions of a human being
  • Identify and recall the formula for fraud behavior in the context of human behavior
  • Construct the stage for the role of psychological materiality in interviewing
Who Should Attend:
This session is designed for professionals that deal with any facet of fraud, especially understanding the human factor in fraud. The primary audience is CPAs, auditors, investigators, attorneys, and government officials. The concept has applications for accuracy and data integrity as well. 

CPE Hours

Delivery Method

Group Internet-Based

Program Level

Intermediate

Advanced Preparation

None

Prerequisites

None

 

Business Management and Organization

1

Total CPE Hours

 

1


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Why Good People Make Bad Decisions
Diann Cattani

Session Description:
In this session, we will explore how good, honest, moral people find themselves making unethical and, often illegal, decisions and the ripple effect. We will look at the anatomy of a white-collar crime in real-world, practical application and see the fraud triangle played out: opportunity, pressure, rationalization. We will discuss the insidiousness of temptation and expose a cautionary tale. How much for your ethics? How do you navigate the gray as an employee? Is your business at risk? Are you mitigating "opportunity?" Which is more important, culture or compliance? At the end of this session, participants will be moved and exploring their current ethical challenges, considering how to navigate and businesses, leaders will review their processes and be sensitive to fraud vulnerabilities needing attention.

Learning Objectives:
After this session, attendees will be able to:
  • Evaluate their ethics and personal moral code
  • Recognize their responsibility to protect people from themselves
  • Assess the power of culture
Who Should Attend:
Everyone who is an employee, business owner, or in a leadership role. Ethics awareness is for everyone.

CPE Hours

Delivery Method

Group Internet-Based

Program Level

Advanced

Advanced Preparation

None

Prerequisites

None

 

Behavioral Ethics

1

Total CPE Hours

 

1


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Theranos' Elizabeth Holmes: A Shark as an Apex Predator
Sridhar Ramamoorti, PhD

Session Description:
Elizabeth Holmes and her partner, Sunny Balwani, are (or have recently been) on trial for a $9 billion dollar fraud in valuation. The Theranos story is an excellent case study for applying what was learned on day-one of this conference. It is also a telling example of how psychology can have a profound impact on numbers—both short term and long term. We will see how the ABCs of the psychology of fraud affect the Sharks (perpetrators), the Marks (victims), and Larks (whistleblowers). These and other factors comprise the ecology of fraud at Theranos—an ecology we will explore in detail.

Learning Objectives:
After this session, attendees will be able to:
  • Identify and recall an easy-to-understand formula of human behavior
  • Cite psychological factors influencing perpetrators, victims, and whistleblowers
  • Explain the relevance of psychological factors in planning interviewing strategies, investigation avenues, and analysis for future fraud prevention
Who Should Attend:
Professionals who are responsible to either oversee corporate governance, assess risk, and mitigate fraud, as well as the intersection of these two worlds, will do well to add a psychological understanding of Theranos and Elizabeth Holmes. The scale of the deception and the absence of any humanistic concern for patients and their families is taken to an extreme and is important to be understood in order to be avoided.

CPE Hours

Delivery Method

Group Internet-Based

Program Level

Intermediate

Advanced Preparation

None

Prerequisites

None

 

Behavioral Ethics

1

Total CPE Hours

 

1


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Fraud in the ESG Space: It is not Just Green, it's Gray!

Bradley J. Preber

Session Description:
ESG reporting is the shift from reporting only about the economic bottom line as in traditional financial statements to integrated reporting comprising the disclosure of (audited) data covering the company's operations in three areas: environmental, social, and corporate governance, known as the triple bottom line. The SEC believes that ESG reporting will aid investors in getting a fuller picture of company operations, and thus, avoid companies that might pose a greater financial risk owing to their poor environmental performance or other questionable social or governance practices. Unfortunately, the metrics and measure pertaining to social and environmental practices tend to be soft measures (more qualitative than quantitative) and are therefore difficult-to-audit. Given this backdrop, there is a fear that corporate reporting under an SEC-mandated ESG reporting regime, might potentially lead to materially false and misleading disclosures (that may or may not be audited, so these could be self-reported non-GAAP measures as well). Hence, the title of this presentation, the reporting may be about the green environment, but the information they convey is not necessarily, green, or black-and-white, but gray.

Learning Objectives:
After this session, attendees will be able to:
  • Recognize the measurement issues that bedevil ESG reporting especially when contrasted with traditional financial reporting
  • Define the transition from the bottom line to the triple bottom line
  • Analyze those ESG reporting measures that are particularly challenging, because they are purely qualitative, and therefore very difficult to audit
  • Illustrate the concept of "materiality" in this context, that auditors use to determine scope and use to plan and perform an audit
  • Explain the soft underbelly of ESG reporting, and how it can lead to fraud, or potentially misleading and materially false disclosures
Who Should Attend:
Accountants, auditors, CPAs, CFEs, and anyone involved in corporate financial reporting and related fraud risks.

CPE Hours

Delivery Method

Group Internet-Based

Program Level

Overview

Advanced Preparation

None

Prerequisites

None

 

Auditing

1

Total CPE Hours

 

1


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Insights on Fraud and Ethical Ecologies

Four Panelists: Dr. Sridhar Ramamoorti, Dr. Joseph Koletar, Dr. Alexander Stein, Mr. Paul Baumrind

Session Description:
A panel of four specialists in the study and investigation of human behavior will present and exchange ideas, based on their specialties, for reducing the risk of significant corporate fraud that can put public health and safety at risk.

Learning Objectives:
After this session, attendees will be able to:
  • Distinguish the benefits of a multidisciplinary approach to the investigation and mitigation of corporate fraud
  • Cite three potential actions to reduce the risk of corporate fraud
  • Identify that there are motivations to commit, or be a victim of, fraud that run deeper than “greed”
Who Should Attend:

This session will be relevant to auditors, certified fraud examiners, internal auditors, governmental accountants, lawyers, and managers who are concerned about fraud.

CPE Hours

Delivery Method

Group Internet-Based

Program Level

Intermediate

Advanced Preparation

None

Prerequisites

None

 

Behavioral Ethics

1

Total CPE Hours

 

1


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