A Few Thoughts on Prevention - Dr Irma Labuschagne
A Few thoughts on the prevention of white collar crime
Dr. Irma Labuschagne - Forensic Criminologist
- The development of a Corporate Code of Ethics
- Availibilty of viable outlets for feedback
- Open internal and external lines of communication
- Maintenance of explicit and uniform personnel policies and promotion policies
- Declaration of a sound policy from which potential offenders will deduce that they will receive no protection from the company
- Payments of compensation for concealing the offence and undertakings not to prosecute must be eliminated
- The offender should not be given the oppurtunity to resign (in order to avoid prosecution)
- Effective supervision must be implemented at all levels
- Thorough background screening of all potential employees
- Effective interna audits ~ very important that the presence of internal and external auditors, and therefore the deterrent effect and implementation of such control measures is well-known to all staff and business contacts.
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