An employee feels underpaid, and starts stealing from the company, because she feels she is "just getting what the company really owes her." Which element of the fraud triangle is most clearly involved?

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The employee's rationalization that she is "just getting what the company really owes her" is a clear indication of the rationalization element of the fraud triangle. The other elements (pressures or incentives, opportunities to commit fraud, and sociopathic behavior) do not apply as directly to this scenario.

An Employee Feels Underpaid, and Starts Stealing from the Company