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When Leadership Fails

Wednesday, January 15
 9:00am - 10:48am

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2.00 Credits

Member Price $79.00

Non-Member Price $109.00

Overview

When the leadership in any organizations carries out their responsibilities of establishing, maintaining and monitoring internal controls, it significantly reduces the possibility of fraud occurring.  When and if it does occur, a good system of internal controls will often detect it early on. 

This presentation is an illustration of what can happen when top management fails to carry out their responsibility of protecting an entity’s assets through a good system of internal controls.

Objectives

  • Illustrate the importance of a good system of internal controls
  • Assessing who is responsible
  • Development of policies and procedures
  • Differentiate between delegation and individual responsibility
  • Identify those individuals who will steal  
  • Understanding the fraud triangle
  • Explain the direct relationship between trust and fraud

Highlights

  • Who’s responsible
  • The importance of policies and procedures
  • The development, implementation and monitoring of internal controls
  • There is no excuse
  • Who steals
  • The Tone At the Top and the Big Monkey Theory

Designed For

Anyone who occupies a position of leadership regardless of the sector; be it public, private or not for profit; Financial Auditors; Internal Auditors; Financial Administrators

Prerequisites

None

Preparation

None

Notice

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Leader(s):

Leader Bios

Dennis Dycus

Dennis F. Dycus, CPA, CFE, CGFM, Trainer, Consultant, Public Speaker has recently retired after 39 years with the Office of the Comptroller of the Treasury of the State of Tennessee as the Director of the Division of Municipal Audit where I was responsible for the audits of all local governments in Tennessee, with the exception of counties and their affiliated, units as well as conducting investigations related to fraud, waste, and abuse in local governments. For the last several years he has developed and/or conducted training programs in all fifty states, Puerto Rico, Guam, Canada and Europe, for organizations such as the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners; the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants; numerous state CPA societies; the Government Finance Officers Association; the Association of Government Accountants; the National Association of State Auditors, Comptrollers and Treasurers; Westcott Communications, Inc.; Western CPE; Accounting Continuing Professional Education Network; the Organization for Security and Co-Operation in Europe; IBM; HCA; NYC Presbyterian Hospital; Saturn, Inc.; Chrysler; Securities and Exchange Commission; the U.S. Department of Labor; U.S. Environmental Protection Agency; the Government Accountability Office; U.S. Office of Management and Budget; the Internal Revenue Service; US Bankruptcy Trustees; Bisk Education, Inc.; Nichols Education, Inc.; Symbion, Inc.; numerous state audit organizations; local ACFE, AGA and state CPA chapters; and individual professional firms. He frequently speaks at colleges and universities as well as various professional conferences, both on a local and national level. Dennis is a member of the AICPA; TSCPA; GFOA; TGFOA; ACFE (charter member), Middle Tennessee Chapter ACFE –Past President, current President Emeritus; AGA; Middle Tennessee Chapter AGA – Past President and he has authored articles related to the detection and prevention of fraud for several national publications. He attended Western Kentucky University, with a BS in Accounting, Class of 1969 and in 1986 he graduated from the Tennessee Government Executive Institute (TGEI).

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Non-Member Price $109.00

Member Price $79.00