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Corporate Criminology7 minDecember 9, 2025

By Eduardo Cisternas

The Fraud Triangle: The psychology behind corporate crime

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Why do 'honest' people commit crimes?

Modern criminology uses the Fraud Triangle to explain how ordinary people end up committing corporate crime:

1.Pressure/Incentive: Personal financial problems or unattainable corporate targets that push individuals to cross ethical lines.
1.Opportunity: Lack of internal controls or excess power without adequate supervision creates openings.
1.Rationalization: The perpetrator convinces themselves that 'it's not stealing' or that 'the company owes them.'

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