Often when people talk about the need to mitigate against the risk of fraud in all spheres of life they can't get their heads around it happening to them, or amongst the people they know (and trust). What they're actually saying is: "We're all trustworthy here. I don't know anyone that would do such a thing."

Regrettably,  the truth is a little different. The reality is that there are only two types of people - those that cheat and those that cheat more.

Dan Ariely, author of "The Honest Truth About Dishonesty" speaks eloquently on this topic at TED in his presentation "Our buggy moral code" and as he explains, we're all cheats.

View the TED presentation here
http://www.ted.com/talks/dan_ariely_on_our_buggy_moral_code

Read the original article by Purchasing Insight here
http://purchasinginsight.com/purchase-to-pay-fraud-being-honest-about-dishonesty/
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