Case Studies
Our case studies contain analysis and discussion points for users to better understand the legal provisions. They also provide suggestions on how to prevent corruption, fraud and malpractices.
The CEO of a pharmaceutical company offered company shares to Dr A for his assistance in writing a favorable report for a new drug…
Dr M, the Chief of Service of the Paediatric Department of a public hospital, has the approving authority for purchases not exceeding $100,000. His girlfriend Phoebe is a sales manager of a large medical equipment company.
Recently, David, the Department Operations Manager, recommended a replacement of a medical equipment and the sourcing was in progress. As Dr M knew that Phoebe was being pressured by her boss to secure more business for the company, he offered to help her. After going through the quotations obtained by David, Dr M found that the price quoted by Phoebe was not the lowest. He thus asked David to mark up the quotations of other companies so that he could secure the contract of the medical equipment to Phoebe’s company. In order to please Dr M, David agreed to the proposal.
Teddy, a clerk in a solicitor firm, was responsible for handling conveyancing documents. Due to financial pressure, Teddy was tempted by his friend to prepare fake documents to deceive the bank for mortgage loans.
Jonathan was a computer programmer in Galaxy Electronics. The job assigned to Jonathan was contracted out to an outside software house whose proprietor was his friend. His friend asked Jonathan to take up the job in his own spare time…
Ray, the owner of a forwarding company, invited a shipping clerk of a manufacturer, to set up a partnership with him by making false accounting records in order to conceal the marked up shipment cost.