Table of contents for What you need to know about accounting fraud / by Jeff Madura.

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The Accounting Mess
I	How Accounting Can Distort Stock Values
The Link Between Accounting and Stock Valuations
Background on Deceptive Accounting
How Accounting Can Inflate Revenue
5.	How Accounting Can Deflate Expenses
6.	How Accounting Can Inflate Growth 
      How Accounting Can Reduce Risk
      How Accounting Can Contaminate Your Investment Strategies
II	Accounting Controls: Out of Control
     Why Auditing May Not Prevent Deceptive Accounting
      Why Credit Rating Agencies May Not Prevent Deceptive Accounting 
      Why Analysts May Not Prevent Deceptive Accounting
III 	How Boards of Directors May Prevent Deceptive Accounting 	
      Board Culture to Serve Shareholders
      Board Mandate to Revise Executive Compensation Structure
      Board Mandate to Report Stock Option Expenses
      Board Efforts to Tame Corporate Executives
IV        How Governance May Prevent Deceptive Accounting 
      Governance By the Financial Accounting Standards Board
      Governance By the SEC
       Governance Enforced by the Sarbanes-Oxley Act
      Governance by Stock Exchanges
V 	How Investors Can Cope With Deceptive Accounting 
      Look Beyond Earnings 
      Use a Long-term Perspective 
       Don't Trust Anyone
23         Invest in Mutual Funds 
24          Invest in Exchange-Traded Funds 
25          Invest in Other Securities
Appendix A	Investing in Individual Stocks
Appendix B	Danger of Investing in IPOs
 

Library of Congress Subject Headings for this publication: Corporations Accounting Corrupt practices United States, Corporations Accounting Corrupt practices United States Prevention, Accounting fraud