【全非资讯·加纳】Ghana: Motivation to Commit Fraud - the Woes of Employers

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Fraud is an intentional act of deception, false representation or concealment of the truth used to secure an unfair advantage, unlawful gain or to deprive victims of their legal rights. Globally, organizations lose billions of dollars annually to occupational fraud.

Fraud is assessed as a major threat to economic growth and therefore has the potential to significantly impact the country's reputational risks. This is evidenced by the findings of the 2024 money laundering risk assessment. Fraud emerged at the apex of the risks the country is exposed to. These include investment scams, romance scam, identity theft, ATM Card fraud, Momo fraud, embezzlement, misappropriation of public funds among others.

Fraud often becomes complicated when committed by professionals working in organizations. Some of these professionals consider it their right to explore the avenues and loopholes within the organization to commit the fraud. It is therefore important to understand the psychological and environmental factors that drive employees to engage in internal fraud that financial risk exposure and the reputational risk of the organization.

The link between the work environment and internal fraud.

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A favourable work environment undeniably enhances job satisfaction and therefore prevents employees from engaging in fraud. Management has a responsibility to ensure that the work environment is safe; setting the tone at the top, establishing a strong ethical culture, implementing robust internal controls, ensuring fairness, monitoring employee lifestyles among others.

According to the fraud triangle developed by criminologist Donald Cressey, employees are usually motivated to commit fraud through a combination of three factors; perceived pressure, opportunity and rationalization.

This is where an employee has a high personal financial commitment, some form of addiction (gambling, drugs or womanising), personal or family medical expenses, unrealistic demands from parents, high-performance targets and other financial obligations.

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