Tuesday January 15 2013
Lance Armstrong seems to be going over the Edge. In this article which has appeared around the world he declares that only one source holds the key to his redemption – himself.
Webster defines sociopath as
[count] : someone who behaves in a dangerous or violent way towards other people and does not feel guilty about such behavior
The danger here has been to his sponsors, his ex wife and various girl friends, to the integrity of the sport itself, and finally the revelation that he just does not get it, there is something inherently wrong with cheating by doping denying it, and then declaring that redemption is possible.
Fraud has its basis in three traits
the ability to create a fraud
the emcpiragement from the organization to create some sort of out sized performance
the ability to rationalize the event
It is the third category where Lance appears to be going off the rails. it is important as an auditor to observe behavior and ask yourself, could this person be perpetuating a fraud? In this case the answer was yes.
Professor Elam 
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