Target of IRS's new computer matching program: itself.

The IRS An abbreviation for the Internal Revenue Service, a federal agency charged with the responsibility of administering and enforcing internal revenue laws. launched a computer matching program to target and stop fraud, waste and abuse by identifying IRS employees who are violating laws, rules or regulations. The new program is to be overseen by the IRS inspection service, which also oversees various employee ethics ethics, in philosophy, the study and evaluation of human conduct in the light of moral principles. Moral principles may be viewed either as the standard of conduct that individuals have constructed for themselves or as the body of obligations and duties that a and integrity programs.

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Author:	Wagenbrenner, Anne
Publication:	Journal of Accountancy
Article Type:	Brief Article
Date:	Aug 1, 1996
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