An offender’s perspective of what motivates, deters and prevents white collar crime in the South African workplace

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University of Pretoria

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The aim of the research was to look at the motivations behind white-collar crime and, by means of the insights gained, allow businesses to achieve a better understanding of these motivations and the possible loopholes that exist with respect to white-collar crime. Empowered which such knowledge, businesses fraud mitigation polices and approaches are enhanced; which contribute towards sustained operations and increased shareholder value by reduce losses. Face-to-face interviews were held with 29 white-collar offenders imprisoned at the Johannesburg Medium Correctional Centre in Gauteng, South African. Data was collected from these interviews and grouped into themes that related to the research questions. An action plan was formulated to assist business in their fight to eliminate and reduce the impact of commercial crime.

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Dissertation (MBA)--University of Pretoria, 2012.

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UCTD, Whistle-blowing, White-collar criminal, Need, Anti-fraud awareness, White-collar crime, Fraud detection, Fraud prevention, Internal controls, Job rotation, Love of money, Greed

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Muto, L 2011, An offender’s perspective of what motivates, deters and prevents white collar crime in the South African workplace , MBA dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd < http://hdl.handle.net/2263/26777 >