Assessing fraud risk factors of asset misappropriation in Iranian banks: fraud diamond theory / Elham Hady Nia

The case of asset misappropriation (AM) in the Iranian Banking Industry has been at alarming rate since the last decade. It has caused many banks to collapse, and many investors and depositors funds were trapped. In fact, it has prevented many banks from achieving their goals and many businesses wen...

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Main Author: Nia, Elham Hady
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spelling my-uitm-ir.675142023-03-06T08:36:26Z Assessing fraud risk factors of asset misappropriation in Iranian banks: fraud diamond theory / Elham Hady Nia 2017 Nia, Elham Hady Banking Commercial crimes. Financial crimes The case of asset misappropriation (AM) in the Iranian Banking Industry has been at alarming rate since the last decade. It has caused many banks to collapse, and many investors and depositors funds were trapped. In fact, it has prevented many banks from achieving their goals and many businesses went into liquidation. Since the last few decades, asset misappropriation is prevalent especially in financial service industry. In addition, employee fraud is the most prevalent type of fraud experienced by organizations. Therefore, the main purpose of this study is to provide a more in depth view on the reasons of assets perpetrations conducted by bank employees in Iran. The exploratory study adopts quantitative methods to reach a better grasp of the reasons of why bank staffs commit fraud at work. The sample size of the current research is comprised of 200 bank managers and employees from top three banks in the banking industry of Iran, namely Bank Melli Iran, Bank Saderat Iran and Bank Tejarat Iran. All the respondents were chosen based on the stratified selection method among those who have two in common characteristics, firstly, being informed about details of fraud in the banking industry of Iran, and secondly being decision maker. The result of the paper enhanced the existing literature further in understanding the concept of fraud and assets misappropriation in Iran. Findings are useful for policy makers, managers at banking system and practitioners to improve safety of banking mechanisms in Iran. Managerial implication and suggestions for future research are also included. 2017 Thesis https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/67514/ https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/67514/1/67514.pdf text en public masters Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM) Faculty of Accountancy Said, Jamaliah
institution Universiti Teknologi MARA
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language English
advisor Said, Jamaliah
topic Banking
Banking
spellingShingle Banking
Banking
Nia, Elham Hady
Assessing fraud risk factors of asset misappropriation in Iranian banks: fraud diamond theory / Elham Hady Nia
description The case of asset misappropriation (AM) in the Iranian Banking Industry has been at alarming rate since the last decade. It has caused many banks to collapse, and many investors and depositors funds were trapped. In fact, it has prevented many banks from achieving their goals and many businesses went into liquidation. Since the last few decades, asset misappropriation is prevalent especially in financial service industry. In addition, employee fraud is the most prevalent type of fraud experienced by organizations. Therefore, the main purpose of this study is to provide a more in depth view on the reasons of assets perpetrations conducted by bank employees in Iran. The exploratory study adopts quantitative methods to reach a better grasp of the reasons of why bank staffs commit fraud at work. The sample size of the current research is comprised of 200 bank managers and employees from top three banks in the banking industry of Iran, namely Bank Melli Iran, Bank Saderat Iran and Bank Tejarat Iran. All the respondents were chosen based on the stratified selection method among those who have two in common characteristics, firstly, being informed about details of fraud in the banking industry of Iran, and secondly being decision maker. The result of the paper enhanced the existing literature further in understanding the concept of fraud and assets misappropriation in Iran. Findings are useful for policy makers, managers at banking system and practitioners to improve safety of banking mechanisms in Iran. Managerial implication and suggestions for future research are also included.
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title Assessing fraud risk factors of asset misappropriation in Iranian banks: fraud diamond theory / Elham Hady Nia
title_short Assessing fraud risk factors of asset misappropriation in Iranian banks: fraud diamond theory / Elham Hady Nia
title_full Assessing fraud risk factors of asset misappropriation in Iranian banks: fraud diamond theory / Elham Hady Nia
title_fullStr Assessing fraud risk factors of asset misappropriation in Iranian banks: fraud diamond theory / Elham Hady Nia
title_full_unstemmed Assessing fraud risk factors of asset misappropriation in Iranian banks: fraud diamond theory / Elham Hady Nia
title_sort assessing fraud risk factors of asset misappropriation in iranian banks: fraud diamond theory / elham hady nia
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