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Culture-Specific Forensic Accounting Conceptual Framework: A Skills Set Theoretical Analysis, Mohammed Mosa Shanikat
Culture-Specific Forensic Accounting Conceptual Framework: A Skills Set Theoretical Analysis, Mohammed Mosa Shanikat
Mohammed Mosa Shanikat Dr
Forensic accounting, given its peculiar investigative stance, requires a specific skills set on the part of the forensic accountant, that integrates accounting, auditing and investigative skills. The Jordanian Anti-Corruption Commission’s (JACC) struggle to investigate Maward’s, a Jordanian state-own company, suspected corruption has raised serious concerns regarding the weak state of forensic accounting in Jordan, and the need for its adaptation to suit the country’s peculiar context, to successfully institutionalize at the wider societal level and benefit the state in its aim for ensuring efficient utilization of the scarce resources at its disposal. This study is an attempt to deduce a …