Open AccessWhy do internal control systems fail in large corporations?
Author(s) -
Lorena A. Palacios-Chacón,
Natalia Lopera-Lopez
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
estudios de administración/estudios de administración
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 0719-0816
pISSN - 0717-0653
DOI - 10.5354/0719-0816.2020.56972
Subject(s) - multinational corporation , accounting , control (management) , internal audit , audit , business , financial audit , finance , management , economics
The case examines the events that Gonzalo Jiménez faced in 2018 when he was working as an internal risk control auditor at HBLU Business & Consulting, a prestigious multinational accounting and financial consulting services firm based in Ecuador. He had noted significant changes in the financial statements over the previous three years and his preliminary investigation pointed to the possibility that the CFO was manipulating the numbers to increase his results-based bonus and at the same time actually misappropriating funds. In eight weeks, the semiannual Global Audit team would be arriving from London, and if these irregularities were detected, Gonzalo could lose his job.