Title

A Synthesis Of Fraud-Related Research

Keywords

Auditing; Fraud; Literature review; SAS 99

Abstract

We synthesize academic literature related to fraudulent financial reporting with dual purposes: (1) to better understand the nature and extent of the existing literature on financial reporting fraud, and (2) to highlight areas where there is need for future research. This project extends the work of Hogan et al. (2008), who completed a similar synthesis project, also sponsored by the Auditing Section of the American Accounting Association, in 2005. We synthesize the literature related to fraud by examining accounting and auditing literature post-Hogan et al. (2008) and by summarizing relevant fraud literature from outside of accounting. We review publications in accounting and related disciplines including criminology, ethics, finance, organizational behavior, psychology, and sociology. We synthesize the research around a model that illustrates the auditor's approach to fraud. The model incorporates auditors' use of the fraud triangle (i.e., management's incentive, attitude, and opportunity to commit fraud), their assessment of the existence and effectiveness of the client's anti-fraud measures (e.g., corporate governance mechanisms and internal controls), and their consideration of possible fraud schemes and concealment techniques when making an overall fraud risk assessment of the client. The model further illustrates how auditors can incorporate this assessment into an overall strategy to detect fraud by implementing appropriate fraud-detection procedures. We summarize the recent literature of each component of the model and suggest avenues for future research.

Publication Date

6-3-2013

Publication Title

Auditing

Volume

32

Issue

SUPPL.1

Number of Pages

287-321

Document Type

Article

Personal Identifier

scopus

DOI Link

https://doi.org/10.2308/ajpt-50360

Socpus ID

84873625927 (Scopus)

Source API URL

https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/84873625927

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