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The Function of Information Systems in Identifying Fraud in Retail Businesses
John BurrowsThe aim of this paper is to emphasise the pivotal role that information systems, of various kinds, play in both identifying fraud committed against the medium to larger retail…
Asset Location in Corporate Insolvency
Sally WheelerThis paper considers the methods open to a liquidator to discover and recover assets. In particular, it focuses on the powers conferred on the liquidator in the 1986 insolvency…
Computer Fraud: A People Problem?
Emma Grundy, Paul Collier, Barry SpaulThe crux of the paper's argument is that, if organisations are to counter computer fraud, they must adopt suitable personnel procedures. The authors start by examining previous…
Employee Theft: A Profile of Staff Dishonesty in the Retail Sector
Adrian Beck, Andrew WillisData are presented on staff dishonesty in the electrical retail sector deriving from a 1991 survey of 55 Dixons stores in the Dixons Stores Group. Two hundred and seventy seven…
The Right to Silence and Legal Professional Privilege
Anthony VernonThe recent Blue Arrow and Maxwell cases have highlighted the extremely wide‐ranging powers of investigation and inquiry vested in regulatory authorities such as the Serious Fraud…
Computer Crime: Developments in the Netherlands
Richard De Mulder, Pieter KleveFor years now, an argument has been raging over whether products which are the results of new technical developments, such as computer software and data, are adequately protected…
ISSN:
1359-0790Online date, start – end:
1993Copyright Holder:
Emerald Publishing LimitedOpen Access:
hybridEditors:
- Dr Li Hong Xing
- Prof Barry Rider