How people rationalize fraud - Kelly Richmond Pope
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If you ask people whether they think stealing is wrong, most of them would answer yes. And yet, in 2013, organizations all over the world lost an estimated total of $3.7 trillion to fraud. Kelly Richmond Pope explains how the fraud triangle, (developed by criminologist Donald Cressey) can help us understand how seemingly good people can make unethical decisions in their daily lives.
Use the fraud triangle (pressure, opportunity and rationalization) to analyze a recent fraud case you've seen in the media.
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- Educator Kelly Richmond Pope
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- Narrator Addison Anderson
