In an effort to promote Accounting Research Institute (ARI) and its niche research agenda in Islamic Financial Criminology, two researchers, Prof Dr Normah Omar (ARI Derector) and Dr Belo (ARI Post Doctoral Scholar) visited two prominent organisations - the Hajj Pilgrimage Board or
Tabung Haji (TH) and Bank Islam Malaysia. At LUTH, the duo met up with Dato' Latifah, the company's Chief Integrity Officer. Discussions have included the possibility of TH to participate in the Corporate Integrity System initiative with the Malaysian Institute of Integrity (IIM) and staff training program on forensic accounting. At Bank Islam Malaysia, Prof Normah and Dr Belo met up with Mr Nazeri, head of the Shariah division. Similarly, discussions have focused on the bank's possible participation in the Corporate Integrity System program with IIM. The two meetings have been successful. There's a lot of opportunities for ARI to collaborate with both companies in the near future. The next step is for ARI to submit training and research proposals.
