ACCT 650 Corporate Governance and Fraudulent Financial Reporting Sample Papers, Week by Week

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ACCT 650 examines how governance, internal control and ethics prevent or permit fraudulent financial reporting. The samples below follow its forums on boards, executive incentives, whistleblowing, internal control reporting and tone at the top, and its individual learning project on one organization's financial close and controls, from the proposal to the final paper.

CourseACCT 650 Corporate Governance and Fraudulent Financial Reporting (ACCT650)
Credit hours3
ProgramMS in Accounting
Length8 Module/Weeks, online
Weeks with written work7 of 8
Samples on this site7 week sample papers
SourcesLiberty's 2026-2027 catalog and the published ACCT 650 course guide
UpdatedOctober 2026

What ACCT 650 covers

Girgenti et al.'s text for the course is read in large blocks, five chapters in the first module/week and one or two after that, with presentations and websites, and two modules/weeks are set aside to review before the exams.

Each forum spans two modules/weeks: a thread of 500 to 800 words with three or more sources and at least one biblical principle, then a reply of 275 to 400 words with one source. The project proposal runs 1.5 to 3 pages with two sources beyond the textbook and the Bible, and the paper 8 to 10 pages with eight such sources and a biblical application.

Liberty's 2026-2027 catalog describes ACCT 650 Corporate Governance and Fraudulent Financial Reporting this way:
This course examines corporate fraudulent financial reporting and the impact on corporate governance issues.

ACCT 650 week by week, with the sample for each

WeekWritten work in the course guidePointsSample
Week 1Discussion Board Forum 1 Thread (Course Requirements Checklist and Class Introductions also due)75Read the Week 1 sample
Week 2Discussion Board Forum 2 Thread (Forum 1 Reply also due)75Read the Week 2 sample
Week 3Individual Learning Project Proposal (Forum 3 Thread and Forum 2 Reply also due)50Read the Week 3 sample
Week 4Discussion Board Forum 3 Reply (Exam 1 also due)25Read the Week 4 sample
Week 5Discussion Board Forum 4 Thread75Read the Week 5 sample
Week 6Discussion Board Forum 5 Thread (Forum 4 Reply also due)75Read the Week 6 sample
Week 7Individual Learning Project (Forum 5 Reply also due)250Read the Week 7 sample
Week 8Exam 2 onlyNo written paper this week

Where ACCT 650 papers lose points

ACCT 650 work loses points when threads run past 800 words or drop the biblical principle, when replies miss their source, when the project describes an organization's controls without evaluating them against a recognized framework, and when the paper offers recommendations that do not follow from the weaknesses it found.

Using a ACCT 650 sample well

The forum samples draw on research about boards, incentives, whistleblowers and internal control weaknesses and on the public record of the Wells Fargo sales practices case; the project samples evaluate a composite distributor's financial close and controls against the COSO framework.

ACCT 650 questions, answered

What textbook does ACCT 650 use?

A Girgenti et al. text compiled for the course, read in blocks across fourteen chapters on fraud risk, governance, compliance, investigations and controls, with presentations and websites.

How long are ACCT 650 forum threads?

Threads run 500 to 800 words with at least three sources and one biblical principle, and the reply the following module/week runs 275 to 400 words with one source.

What is the ACCT 650 Individual Learning Project?

An analysis and evaluation of one organization's financial reporting process and related internal controls, proposed in 1.5 to 3 pages in Module/Week 3 and completed as an 8-10 page paper in Module/Week 7.

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