
A.B.C.'s of Behavioral Forensics
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- Intro
- A.B.C.'s of Behavioral Forensics
- Contents
- Foreword
- Preface: A Serendipitous Journey to This Book
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- The Human Factor
- Trust Violation and Its Consequences
- This Book's Approach: The A.B.C.'s of Behavioral Forensics
- An Interdisciplinary Approach
- Notes
- Part I When Fraud Is Committed
- Chapter 1 Fraud Is Everywhere
- The Pervasiveness of Fraud
- On Making (Up) the Numbers
- A Slippery Slope
- From Slippery Slope to Broken Windows
- Fraud Is a Human Act
- Conclusion
- Notes
- Chapter 2 The Sins of Quantification and Other Mind-Set Impediments
- The Danger of Numbers
- Data Analysis Is Not Enough
- Hard Numbers versus Reality
- The Bank: An Ingenue Shall Lead Them-into Fraud
- The Plants: "Let's Manufacture More Than Widgets. Let's Make the Numbers!"
- Case Discussion: Challenging Questions
- Conclusion
- Notes
- Chapter 3 Beyond the Fraud Triangle Toward an Outline of A.B.C. Theory
- The Relevance of Behavioral Approaches
- Understanding White-Collar Crime
- The Fraud Triangle and Other Theories of Causation
- A.B.C. Theory: A New Fraud Taxonomy
- Conclusion
- Notes
- Part II The Foundations of Behavioral Forensics: Why Good People Do Bad Things
- Chapter 4 Beyond the Fraud Triangle and into the Mind The Building Blocks of Behavioral Forensics-Understanding How the Basics of Human Behavior Tie into Fraud
- Deception Is a Natural Phenomenon
- The Mind and the Fraud Triangle
- The "Balance Sheet Basics" of the Mind: The Unconscious, the Symptoms, and the Defenses
- Rationalizations: Compromises We Make within Ourselves
- Emotions: The Power behind Psychological Defenses
- Emotions as a Threat to Understanding the Rational World of Accounting
- Affect's Two Ties to Fraud: Motivation and Communication
- Conclusion
- Notes
- Chapter 5 "Said the Spider to the Fly . . ." The Predator-Prey Dance-Putting Behavioral Science Fundamentals into Motion
- Emotions, Unconscious, Defenses-Oh My!
- Relationships: Where Fraud Is Set in Motion
- Phishing: The Affective Dance of Fraudster and Victim
- The Fraudster, the Victim, and Emotional Seduction
- The Relationship as an End in Itself: Bernie Madoff
- Lance Armstrong and His Accomplices
- Where Is the Humility?
- The Power of Shame
- Good to Evil: How a Hardwired Emotion Is Ignored and Manipulated
- Shame as an Inborn Tool for Learning and the Interpersonal Engine for Fraud
- Shame as a Healthy and Adaptive Function in the Workplace
- Shame as a Driver for Better Performance
- When Shame Is Maladaptive at Work
- False Pride: With the Threat of Shame Comes Hubris
- The Predator Bullies the Professionals
- The Role of Mental Illness
- Monsters in the Nursery
- The Role of Subclinical Psychopathy in Recruiting or Small-Time Frauds
- Conclusion
- Notes
- Chapter 6 The Accidental Fraudster (Bad Apple): When the Apple Turns and Honesty Reverses Course
- Committing the Crime
- Beyond Greed
- Exploiting a Weakness: A Motivational Theory of the Accidental Fraudster (Bad Apple)
- Reversal Theory: Choosing to Ignore Rules
- The Four Polarities and Eight States of Motivation
- New Insights in Behavioral Forensics
- Seeing the Insights
- Examples of Accidental Bad Apples Reversing
- Disregarding Risk: The Thrill of Being Close to, but Not in, Danger
- It's Only a Game: The Role of a Protective Frame of Mind in Making Rules and Repercussions Disappear
- Fraudsters Make and Defend Protective Frames to Avoid Seeing Danger
- Why Now? Understanding Life-Span Issues in Fraud Reversals
- The Psychological Conflict of Midlife and Fraud Triangle Pressure
- Counterpoints
- Lessons from Executives and Managers on the Couch
- Conclusion
- Notes
- Chapter 7 The Bad Bushel and Beyond: Seeing the Larger Context of the C-Suite
- Luck and Effort Distinguish Senior Executives
- Interviewing Executives
- Problem-Solving: Putting Executives through Industrial-Grade Assessments
- Life as an Executive: Excitement, Vigilance, and Caution
- Trouble in the C-Suite: Overwhelmed, Overpaid, and Overconfident-Narcissism and Beyond
- Narcissism: Beyond Self-Love
- The Power of the Narcissistic Leader Turns to Harm
- Psychopathy and Antisocial Personality as Related Concepts in a Leader
- The Individual and the Group: Bad Bushels Arise
- Narcissistic-Like Traits: Comparing and Contrasting Three CEOs
- The Science of Persuasion
- Conclusion
- Notes
- Part III A Call to Action
- Chapter 8 Managing the Ecology of Fraud: What You Can Do on Monday Morning
- The Financial Markets: The Moral Foundations of Capitalism
- Helping Senior Executives to Stay on the Right Side of the Line
- Is It Legal?
- Is It the Right Thing to Do?
- Piercing the Rationalizations
- Emotional Manipulation
- On Lies and Misrepresentation
- The Operational Fraud Triangle
- What You Can Do Monday Morning
- The Psychology of Fraud
- Don't Build a Profile, But Do Watch the Culture (and "Let Them Know Someone's Watching")
- Affinity Risk
- Recognizing Tipping Points (of the Mind)
- The Appetite for Risk and Danger
- The Path to Fraud, Then Misery
- Conclusion
- Notes
- Chapter 9 The Future of Behavioral Forensics: Developing Psychological Awareness to Complement Financial Fraud Suspicions
- Fraud: A Global Scourge
- Fraud Is Not a Problem with an Easy Answer
- A Multidimensional Problem Requires a Multidisciplinary Team
- A Culture of Cleverness
- All Aspects of Fraud Must Be Understood
- Profile a Criminal When There's a Crime, Not for Prevention
- A Psychological Autopsy of Fraud
- The Future of Behavioral Forensics
- Notes
- Afterword
- Appendix A The Psychology and Sociology of Fraud: Integrating the Behavioral Sciences Component into Fraud and Forensic Accounting Curricula
- Appendix B Chapter Supplements
- Bibliography
- About the Author
- Index
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