Pull out the stops.

AuthorCullen, Noel
PositionLetters - Letter to the editor

Your timely and informative article on corporate fraud ("Feeling the pinch", October) explores some of the options open to staff who uncover cases of embezzlement.

My own experience while working for CapGemini's finance and employee transformation team and in other consulting organisations is that the adage of prevention being better than cure holds true.

It goes without saying that nearly all companies have documented policies for expenses and handling corporate resources. What distinguishes good-practice organisations is that they enforce and monitor compliance with such policies by focusing on prevention rather than on playing detective.

This compliance could be facilitated by ensuring that all expenses are submitted electronically and that the expense...

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