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Julie Bowen Students

Ethics and the Fraud Investigator Original post: Sun 2/14/2016 at 8:28 AM

I think it depends on what information they have. If it involves telling the name of the person I believe it is ethical that the fraud investigator not include it in the report. If it involves wording that would implicate a specific person they should not include it. The fraud investigator can be sued if they specifically list a person by name. They could use the job title of a specific person. The fraud investigator is there to present the evidence and back it up with documentation. If they do not include something in the report because there is not sufficient evidence or accuse a person, it would not be ethical to include it.

Edited:Fri 2/19/2016 at 7:42 PM by Roger K. McMillian

Lindsey M. Robinson Students

Re: Ethics and the Fraud Investigator Posted: Mon 2/15/2016 at 12:14 PM, in reply to Julie Bowen

Great post! I would agree that it would depend on the information that they had. However if the information that they have is not something that the fraud investigator can be sued over I think that they should tell the person. I would also agree that just because there is not enough evidence it would not be ethical to include it.

Bethany Danielle Miller Students

Re: Ethics and the Fraud Investigator Posted: Mon 2/15/2016 at 5:01 PM, in reply to Julie Bowen

I came to the same conclusion as you - that it depends on what the information is. I agree with you and like that you mentioned it is worth noting whether or not there is sufficient evidence to support the information the fraud investigator is considering including or withholding. Great post!

Randy Alan Nolting Students

Re: Ethics and the Fraud Investigator Posted: Mon 2/15/2016 at 7:31 PM, in reply to Julie Bowen

Nice post Julie. I agree with you on this one, the topic really depends on just what information the investigator is holing on to. It could help their client but could also end up getting them in legal trouble at the same time.

Amanda Kaye Cox Students

Re: Ethics and the Fraud Investigator Posted: Sat 2/20/2016 at 10:59 AM, in reply to Julie Bowen

I completely agree with you. If there is not evidence to back up the investigators statement then they should not include it in their report. They should not include opinions, only facts.