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A Case Study of Internal Control Practices in Islamic Non-Profit Organisations in Malaysia

Asian Journal of Accounting and Governance

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Title A Case Study of Internal Control Practices in Islamic Non-Profit Organisations in Malaysia
 
Creator Kamaruddin, Muhammad Iqmal Hisham
Ramli, Nathasa Mazna
 
Subject Internal control; Company limited by guarantee (CLBG); Islamic charity fund; Islamic social accounting
 
Description This paper presents the current internal control practices of Islamic non-profit organizations in Malaysia. This study employs comparative case study method by using interview for its data collecting approach. Three Islamic non-profit organizations with similar characteristics were selected as samples for this study. Findings showed that several similarities in internal control practices aspects such as segregation of duties, authorisation of transactions and documentation of records in the organizations. Different practices were also identified, especially in physical control over assets and records and independent checks on performance aspects. The study found inadequate physical control over assets and records, such as installation of alarm and CCTV camera, hiring a guard over premises and also a barrier to financial documentations and room. Also two out of three Islamic non-profit organizations did not practise internal audit processes for independent checks on performance. Based on these findings, several suggestions were highlighted for improvement. This paper also identified issues and challenges in the internal control practices, such as lack of financial staff, low equipped physical control tools, not assigning internal auditor for frequent review over operation purposes and financial limitation.
 
Publisher Penerbit UKM
 
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Date 2017-11-17
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
Peer-reviewed Article
 
Format application/pdf
 
Identifier http://ejournal.ukm.my/ajac/article/view/16328
10.17576/AJAG-2017-08-02
 
Source Asian Journal of Accounting and Governance; Vol 8 (2017); 13-25
2180-3838
 
Language eng
 
Relation http://ejournal.ukm.my/ajac/article/view/16328/6670