Selon Dennis Levine, dans un article paru dans Fortune le 29 décembre 2011, la culture organisationnelle est au coeur des problèmes de malversation. Que doit faire un membre de C.A. pour se sensibiliser à celle-ci ?

To believe that the people who commit fraud are different from us might make us feel safe. But real safety comes from building an organization that stops these acts before they can take place. Dennis Levine, who lectured an NYU MBA ethics class as part of his community service many years ago, described the mentality that led to his insider trading conviction as a mentality of having to win the next game, competing with oneself for the next victory, where enough was never enough.
His explanation is applicable to both individuals and entire corporate cultures, such as MF Global and Olympus, where losses were allegedly buried from public view on purpose.
But Levine’s explanation doesn’t address why enough is never enough. What underlies the motivations to hide losses? And why does it often take a very rude awakening for a person (or a company) to change?