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An “American Dream” theory of corporate executive Fraud

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  • Freddie Choo
  • Kim Tan

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In this paper, we first describe a “Broken Trust” theory that was introduced by Albrecht el al. [Albrecht, W. S., Albrecht, C. C., & Albrecht, C. O. (2004). Fraud and corporate executives: Agency, Stewardship and Broken Trust. Journal of Forensic Accounting, 5, 109–130] to explain corporate executive Fraud. The Broken Trust theory is primarily based on an “Agency” theory from economic literature and a “Stewardship” theory from psychology literature. We next describe an “American Dream” theory from sociology literature to complement Albrecht el al.'s (2004) Broken Trust theory. Like the Broken Trust theory, the American Dream theory relates to a “Fraud Triangle” concept to explain corporate executive Fraud. Finally, we provide some anecdotal evidence from recent high profile corporate executive Fraud to explore the American Dream theory. We conclude our thoughts on corporate executive Fraud from a teaching perspective.

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  • Freddie Choo & Kim Tan, 2007. "An “American Dream” theory of corporate executive Fraud," Accounting Forum, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 31(2), pages 203-215, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:accfor:v:31:y:2007:i:2:p:203-215
    DOI: 10.1016/j.accfor.2006.12.004
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    1. Eenkhoorn, P. & Graafland, J.J., 2010. "Lying in Business : Insights from Hannah Arendt’s ‘Lying in Politics’," Other publications TiSEM 3227207d-c563-4afd-ae08-f, Tilburg University, School of Economics and Management.
    2. Namrata Sandhu & Shefali Saluja, 2023. "Fraud Triangle as an Audit Tool," Management and Labour Studies, XLRI Jamshedpur, School of Business Management & Human Resources, vol. 48(3), pages 418-443, August.
    3. Christina Philippou, 2019. "Towards a unified framework for anti-bribery in sport governance," International Journal of Disclosure and Governance, Palgrave Macmillan, vol. 16(2), pages 83-99, July.

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