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Record Nr.

UNINA9910465757103321

Autore

Sheridan Terry A.

Titolo

Managerial fraud : executive impression management, beyond red flags / / by Terry A. Sheridan

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Farnham, Surrey, [England] ; ; Burlington, [Vermont] : , : Gower Publishing Limited, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

1-317-10198-7

1-317-10197-9

1-4724-1339-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (304 p.)

Disciplina

658.4/73

Soggetti

Employee crimes - Prevention

Executives - Psychology

Management - Moral and ethical aspects

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

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