The Role of Power in Financial Statement Fraud Schemes

In this paper, we investigate a large-scale financial statement fraud to better understand the process by which individuals are recruited to participate in financial statement fraud schemes. The case reveals that perpetrators often use power to recruit others to participate in fraudulent acts. To il...

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Authors: Albrecht, Chad (Author) ; Holland, Daniel (Author) ; Malagueño, Ricardo (Author) ; Dolan, Simon (Author) ; Tzafrir, Shay (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Springer Science + Business Media B. V 2015
In: Journal of business ethics
Year: 2015, Volume: 131, Issue: 4, Pages: 803-813
Further subjects:B Collusion
B Power and influence
B organizational corruption
B Financial statement fraud
B Recruitment
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Summary:In this paper, we investigate a large-scale financial statement fraud to better understand the process by which individuals are recruited to participate in financial statement fraud schemes. The case reveals that perpetrators often use power to recruit others to participate in fraudulent acts. To illustrate how power is used, we propose a model, based upon the classical French and Raven taxonomy of power, that explains how one individual influences another individual to participate in financial statement fraud. We also provide propositions for future research.
ISSN:1573-0697
Contains:Enthalten in: Journal of business ethics
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1007/s10551-013-2019-1