Below are some situations thatoccurred invarious organizations. Thecompanypresident was implicated in a case of high-level fraud, but the matter was hushed up successfully. An employee expected he would be fired because ofa conduct violation, but sixmonthslaterhe was still on the job. Managementcurrently wasdistracted bythe possibility ofa hostiletakeover. After a new technical assistant had been on thejob for three weeks, it was discoveredthat shehad no relevant qualifications or work experience. When the internal auditorsconducted an inquiry into the high incidence of errorsin theaccounting department, itemergedthat three clerks recently had been transferred therefromother departments. Although theclerks had some accounting experience, none wasfamiliarwith the company'saccounting system. A customer complained about being overcharged on an invoice, and it turned out the error was deliberate. The billing clerk, who had not benefitted personally in any way, defended himself by saying, "I thought you would appreciate my trying to bring more money into the company." A colleague explained to a new employee, "It doesn't matter what you do here; just don't get caught