Fraud Edge: Cleaning our Own House. De-frauding the halls of academe
As Certified Fraud Examiners, we learn that three factors, collectively referred to as the Fraud Triangle, may portend fraudulent behavior. According to the late Donald Cressey, when pressures/incentives, opportunity, and rationalization converge, the environment is ripe for fraud. Although many may presuppose that academe is above such behavior, history has shown otherwise. All types of organizations are susceptible to fraud - even colleges and universities.

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