Cover; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Preface; 1 Introduction; 2 Mythological Causes of Fraud; 3 Impression Management; 4 The Makings of the Fraudster Manager Typology ; 5 Eventual Destructionof the Illusion; 6 The Basis of the Types; 7 The Two Fraudster Typology; 8 Rehabilitation Possibilities; 9 Case applications; 10 Prevention; 11 Conclusion; Bibliography; Index
Summary
In Managerial Fraud, Dr Terry Sheridan reports the findings of her study of fraudulent executives. Her work illuminates the particular methods fraudsters employ to appear more authentic than the average person and reveals two types of executive fraudster with very different behaviours. All this helps to explain why the current Red Flag approach fails to identify potential fraudsters and instead tends to focus on Red Flag executives who are negative characters, but non-fraudulent. Better understanding of what Dr Sheridan has uncovered might result in organisations being able to reduce their exp
