Chapter 2 - Pathological frame work - FRAUD

Rationalize category: Moral Justification

commit fraud for a “higher” purpose like saving company

Rationalize category: advantageous comparison

its “I only cheated a little” or “its not as bad as she did”

Rationalize category:Euphemistic labeling

using smart language to make it sound what you did was okay

Rationalize category: Minimizing consequences

arguing “no one was actually hurt”

Rationalize category: Denial of the victim

Blaiming the victim, gas ligthing saying “you had it commin”

Rationalize category: displacing responsibility

blaiming your authorities “boss made me”

Rationalize category: diffusing responsibility

blaiming system saying “everyone does it” “all companies change #’s”