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... this company? Are any key employees exhibiting overwhelming desires for personal gain? Do any key employees have associations with known unscrupulous suppliers or vendors? Is the agency experiencing turnover of key employees? Have any key employees failed to take vacations of more than one or two days? Does the agency have inconsistent personnel policies? Is the agency's management unethical? Does the agency continually operate in a crisis mode? Does management fail to pay attention to details? Is there too much trust placed in key employees rather than in standard controls? ... available in the Accounting Department.  Conduct random audits and review the reports submitted by your staff on a regular basis.  Develop strong leadership and cohesive work groups. This reduces the feelings among employees that the agency is too big and nobody cares any more. Strong leadership also creates an awareness of personal problems that may foster fraud.  Establish equitable and uniform personnel policies: conduct regular performance reviews, establish s fair salary structure and prepare position descriptions which describe job responsibilities, and standards of ... a formal planning process, by target marketing, by streamlining operations, automating or by adopting a total quality management approach. Rarely, however, is there anything written that addresses a problem common to about 65% of all agencies: fraud or embezzlement. No sales center, producer compensation program, automation system, or continuous improvement plan will enhance an agency's financial strength if its profits are steadily being eroded by the deceitful actions of an embezzler. During these continuing difficult economic times, companies struggle to cut expenses by restructuring. Often ...