Fraud in Non-profit Organisations: Cases in Singapore

Authors

  • Tan Wei Sze
  • Ameen Talib

Keywords:

NPO, Fraud, Governance

Abstract

There has been a number of fraud cases in non-profit organisations in Singapore, such as National Kidney Foundation (NKF) in 2005, Ren Ci Community Hospital in 2007, and City Harvest Church in 2017. The purpose of this paper is to analyse these fraud cases in the non-profit organisations to have a better understanding. The common factor was found to be excessive power in the hands of the CEO or the founder.

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Author Biography

Ameen Talib

Head Applied Projects, Singapore University of Social Sciences, Singapore,

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Published

2018-01-31

How to Cite

Sze, T. W., & Talib, A. (2018). Fraud in Non-profit Organisations: Cases in Singapore. International Journal For Research In Business, Management And Accounting, 4(1), 23–27. Retrieved from https://ijrbma.com/index.php/bma/article/view/612

Issue

Vol. 4 No. 1 (2018): International Journal For Research In Business, Management And Accounting

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