What is the role of Information Systems in preventing fraud

What is the role of Information Systems in preventing fraud or unethical behavior in a company? Discuss If a company’s manufacturing system increased production based on the fraudulent sales in the previous quarter! Can the computer system provide transparency to track back unethical sales?

Solution

information system can be defined as combination of people, hardware, software, communication devices, network and data resources that processes data and information for a specific purpose. the major activities of information systems are as follows:

input of data resource, processing the data into information, output of information products, storage of data resource and control of system performance.

when even an unauthenticated person theft or collects the data the system gives hints to the systme operator. the data can be protected with some keys and they will be opened to only the people who have the access. others can not allow to read and collect the data. if any authorised person collects the data and use in an unethical and wrong way then he will be caught easily.

no, the computer system can provide all the accurate information which is trasparency in nature. the system will provide all the facts and based on the date provided by the system the management can take a decision whether the sales force followed any frauds or not. the system provides all the facts and real numbers, based on the information the management has to decide whether the sales force made any unethical practices or not. the system can not say that the sales force follows unethical practices.