1. Use one or more of the core topics to inform your comparison, for example: creative accounting and accounting manipulation, valuation and misvaluation. The motivation and psychology of the protagonists Methods used to carry out the fraud Comparative institutional and regulatory frameworks in the same jurisdiction through timee. Comparative institutional and regulatory frameworks across international jurisdictions, Corporate governance and internal control
2. Engage with the academic literature and relevant theory to inform your analysis and to evaluate your evidence.
3. Include a bibliography of all works cited.
4. Support your analysis with evidence, drawn from multiple and corroborated sources.
5. You should use a minimum of two case studies. Use case studies of McKesson and Robbins 1937 and Polly Peck 1990.
6. Use an analytical model or models to structure your answer. Use the fraud triangle.
7. Use a logical argument and structure.
Might include:
– Stakeholder group analysis
– Social network analysis
– Periodisations (eg timelines)
– Regulatory approaches
– Creative accounting methods
Please use information in these belowed sources and find more:
– Jones, M. (2010) Creative accounting, fraud and international accounting scandals . Chichester ;, John Wiley & Sons.
– https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/095852099330287
– http://digitalcommons.www.na-businesspress.com/JAF/ShindeJS_Web15_1_.pdf
– https://deliverypdf.ssrn.com/delivery.php?ID=083008085091002108112004079099005023014014073092023027101003105086026070106094091125028029021119038017111106029120127024003027122075014092018095003122114090073009022040064023094028090114120030089116090116011009125100106029020024003018065099090000114064&EXT=pdf&INDEX=TRUE
– Toms S. 2019. Financial scandals: A historical overview. Accounting and Business Research. 49(5), pp. 477-499