Cognitive rationalization in occupational fraud: structure exploration and scale development

The fraud and abuse statute: rationalizing or rationalization?

Parasitism and Internet auction fraud: An exploration

Most research on Internet auction fraud focuses exclusively on the relationship between the con-artist and victim. However, the con-artist and victim are situated in an ecology comprising the auction house, police, and auction community. This paper employs the ‘parasite’ metaphor as a way of building theory about Internet auction fraud. We begin by describing the parasite metaphor. We then intr...

Development Programs and its Consequences on the Occupational Structure of Rural Iran (1956 to 2006)

Iran has experienced significant changes in the distribution of employed population of ruralareas in major professional categories in the years 1956 to 2006. Accordingly, it is important to studythe changes in occupational structure, factors influencing these changes, and their implications. Themethodology of this study is documentary and secondary analysis. Moreover, in order to explain whythe...

Musical scale rationalization – a graph-theoretic approach

While most Western music today uses the well-established equal-tempered 12 tone scale, there are many reasons why composers and music theorists are still interested in “just” scales in which the scale tones are simple integer ratios. Therefore the rationalization of musical scales is an important problem in music theory. The first general scale rationalization algorithm based on a complete enum...

Design, Development and Rationalization of Sarpagandha Ghanvati

Sarpagandha ghanvati is a classical Ayurvedic formulation widely prescribed for anxiety and insomnia. It contains Sarpagandha (roots of Rauwolfia serpentina L. (Benth.) Ex Kurz; Family: Apocyanaceae), Khurasani ajowan (Hyocyamus niger L.; Family: Solanaceae) seeds, Jatamansi (Nardostachys jatamansi DC. Family: Valerianaceae) roots and Pipplamul (root of Piper longum L.; Family: Piperaceae). The...