What are the three characteristics that distinguish white-collar crimes from other types of crime?

Here
is the link and passcode for the ethics case: https://vimeo.com/243961787 atqhfeb14
INSTRUCTIONS: After
watching the video case, please write a 3-5 page reflection paper answering the
following questions. This needs to be in paper format, not simply answers to
questions!
1. If you were Kathe Swanson, do you think you could report
your boss? Why or why not? Would you report suspicions of a fraud if the
perpetrator was a friend? Please explain.
2. Do you believe that Rita acted alone and committed the
fraud without any co-conspirators?
3. If you were a staff auditor at CliftonLarsonAllen, do you
think you would have been able to identify a phony invoice? Why or Why not?
4. If you were a staff auditor at CliftonLarsonAllen and the
City of Dixon was your client, how would you discuss the lack of segregation of
duties within the city?
5. Rita was recently released early from prison, but if you had
written to her in federal prison, what would you ask her? Do you believe Rita
regrets her crime? Why or why not?
6. Look up the elements of the fraud triangle. Discuss the
fraud triangle in relation to Rita’s case. Discuss the internal control
weaknesses at the City of Dixon. Discuss internal controls that could have
prevented Rita’s fraud.
7. What are the three characteristics that distinguish
white-collar crimes from other types of crime? Explain how these
characteristics are illustrated in Rita’s case. Do you think white-collar
crimes, such as the one Rita committed, are caused only by individual moral
weaknesses or are other factors involved? If other factors are involved, what
are they?
8. Can you think of a time in your life when you
rationalized an unethical decision? It need not be limited to the workplace; it
might be a choice you made in a close relationship, at school, or in another
activity. What were your rationalizations? Looking back, how could you have
combated those rationalizations in the moment? What are some rationalizations
you hear for fairly common unethical choices, like cheating on tests? Can you
come up with arguments against those rationalizations?
9. Success is often thought of as the attainment of
prosperity (though perhaps less so now than in the past). What problems can
arise from this limited definition of success? What better definition of
success can you come up with? What do you think the impact would be of living
according to that definition?
10. What do you really believe is important in your life?
How do you rank order your values? If you believe that your values are
appropriately prioritized, what would acting on them look like, particularly in
an unethical situation?

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