Part 3 – Why The Corporate World Is Such Fertile Ground
If you had a chance to build your perfect leader, what would be the qualities you wanted in that person? Do you like your leaders to be charismatic? Would you prefer them to inspire
Part 2 – The Approach
Whether you know it or not, a psychopath is watching you. It could be while you are at work, at the gym, or even walking around in a grocery store. There could be any number of reasons why this person
Part 1: Introduction to the Psychopath
Have you ever been on a diet and immediately regretted something you ate? Can you recall a time where you felt guilty telling a little white lie to protect a friend or a spouse’s feelings? Was there ever a
Closure
At this point, the investigator has put in many hours, had countless conversations, and has earned at least some level of trust with the whistle-blower. Sufficient details about the incident have been extracted from the whistle-blower so that the investigator could find corroborating
After the Disclosure – The Long Play
More frequently than not, an investigator has occasion to meet a whistle-blower post-disclosure. As such, many of the psychological processes involved with whistle-blowing have been endured. Financial hardship, loss of employment with relatively no chance of re-entering
An Investigator’s Role Prior to a Whistle-Blowing Disclosure
Whistle-blowing is often an arduous process. It takes a toll on the psyche and depending where the whistle-blower is in the process, it will be up to the investigator to adapt. If the whistle-blower has not yet
The Bottom of the Barrel
Doing the right thing can be a cruel life lesson for whistle-blower’s. After assuming company executives would applaud the whistle-blower’s efforts for bringing derogatory and potentially illegal information to their attention, the whistle-blower suddenly finds himself/herself no longer employed and
Explaining Some of the Psychology Behind Disclosure and Retaliation
It’s the one thing they never imagined. The whistle-blower believed people, especially his/her supervisors, would see what needed to be done and start the process of correction. It seemed so obvious, so righteous. No sooner than
Part 1 of 6: The Initial Action
As an investigator, you are likely to eventually come across a whistle-blower in your career. The 2015 Kroll Global Fraud report found that 81% of companies surveyed are the victims of fraud perpetrated by insiders. In addition, the