Melanie is the CEO of a large company and makes over $$2$ million per year. However, she has been convicted of several crimes, including submitting falsified expense reports and using company assets for personal gain. Surprisingly, the dollar amounts involved in each transaction were mostly under $$100.$

Which of the following are conceptual frameworks that we have covered in class that explain why someone like Melanie might have committed these crimes. What motivators or pressures might have led him to engage in this behavior, despite the potential consequences?

a$.$

Agency Theory and Behavioral Ethics Framework

b$.$

Benford$$s Law and Resource Dependence Theory

c$.$

Fraud triangle, Kohlberg$$s theory of moral development

d$.$

Strain Theory, Maslow$$s hierarchy of needs