Internal Audit Office

Fraud and Corruption represents a risk to the University as it can have a negative impact in terms of:

• finances
• reputation
• management effectiveness and
• organisation morale.

La Trobe University is committed to ensuring it operates within a sound ethical culture and seeks to proactively manage fraud and corruption risks.

The University has implemented a fraud and corruption strategy to minimise the incidence and impact of fraud and corruption following the principals of the Australian Standard AS8001-2003 Fraud and Corruption Control.  The key elements of the strategy are:

• Management commitment (see Fraud Policy and Fraud Procedures)
• Fraud risk assessments
• Fraud awareness
• Internal control systems (see Control and Fraud Self Assessment)
• Fraud detection testing by Internal Audit
• Fraud reporting process (including Whistleblower protection)
• Investigation procedures
• Ongoing monitoring of strategies.