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Showing 1 to 11 of 11 for “"Financial Misconduct"”.
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The effect of social exchange relationships on peer reporting fraudulent financial misconduct: a case study of an UK-non-profit organization
… employees participate and rationalize fraudulent misconduct as they are directly related to the success of companies. Employee misconduct has received the greatest attention, mostly because the abuses are so egregious, and the costs are so enormous. These stories seemingly have a commonality in …
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THREE ESSAYS ON SOCIAL NETWORKS, CORPORATE MISCONDUCT, AND FIRM VALUE
This dissertation focuses on corporate misconduct in complex institutional environments. In particular, I examine how listed firms’ kinship networks and political connections shape their engagement in financial misconduct and the firm value at the onset of their misconduct scandal. The first study …
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Essays on Corporate Intangibles and Misconduct
… different aspects of corporate intangibles or misconduct and their impact on firms. The first essay examines the impact of employee flexibility on firm value, the second essay examines whether the SEC can deter financial misconduct through its enforcement, and the third essay examines the …
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Essays in Corporate Finance
… of board's political connections in corporate misconduct. Leveraging a policy shock in China that mandated politically connected directors to resign from corporate boards, I find that following the disruption in political connections, firms become less prone to commit misconduct while their …
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Fraud and corruption in the international governmental organisation: identifying the extent to which the investigation function of oversight offices in international organisations may be considered as a policing function and assessing the mechanisms for accountability thereof
… Nations have long endured the same types of misconduct common to other employers, including fraud, corruption and mismanagement, exemplified by the seemingly ubiquitous Oil for Food programme. This thesis examines those bodies set up as a response to financial misconduct, the internal …
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The investigation of scandal from Watergate to Monicagate: the special prosecutor in late twentieth century American politics
… how the Whitewater investigation of alleged financial misconduct by President Clinton evolved into a partisanized demand for his impeachment because of personal misconduct over the Monica Lewinsky scandal. Chapter 7 brings a conclusion of previous chapters. There is some disagreement among …
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Three Essays on the Financial Advisory Industry: Diversification, Competition, and Misconduct
… examines how the geographic diversification of financial advisory firms influences adviser misconduct. We find that diversification significantly increases both misconduct and customer complaints. This effect is robust to alternative diversification measures and persists after addressing …
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Three Essays on the Financial Advisory Industry: Diversification, Competition, and Misconduct
… examines how the geographic diversification of financial advisory firms influences adviser misconduct. We find that diversification significantly increases both misconduct and customer complaints. This effect is robust to alternative diversification measures and persists after addressing …
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Essays on finance
Submission published under a 24 month embargo labeled 'U of I Access', the embargo will last until 2027-05-01
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A Critical Analysis of the Oversight Role and Function of the Standing Committee on Public Accounts (SCOPA) in Promoting Accountability in South Africa’s Public Sector
… Sector, looks at the underlying problem of financial mismanagement in the public sector in relation to public accountability in South Africa. This problem has manifested in growing wasteful, irregular and fruitless expenditure in a post-apartheid era confronted by a multitude of …