An employee in charge of the cash register at a busy restaurant steals small sums of money at the end of the day whenever the cash in the register exceeds the sum of the day's bills. He thinks it is fine to do so because every day there are two or three customers that pay more than they should. This type of rationalization is categorized as:

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The employee justifies the theft by suggesting that the customers are not harmed because they overpaid, which aligns with the concept of "denial of the victim."

An Employee in Charge of the Cash Register at a Busy