MICE model
Definition
A motivational taxonomy derived from counterintelligence practice: Money (financial gain or need), Ideology (loyalty, grievance, or belief), Coercion (external pressure or blackmail), and Ego (desire for recognition or status). Used where financial need alone fails to explain a fraud.
Related terms
- Arrogance
- In the Pentagon model, the belief that normal rules do not apply to oneself. Arrogance replaces or bypasses rationalisation: the perpetrator does...
- Behavioural red flag
- An observable action or pattern that suggests elevated fraud risk by signalling pressure, rationalisation, arrogance, or capability. Examples include living beyond apparent...
- Capability
- In the fraud diamond, the personal attributes that allow an individual to execute a fraud: seniority and authority, knowledge of controls and...
- Fraud diamond
- Wolfe and Hermanson's 2004 extension of the fraud triangle that adds capability as a fourth condition. The model holds that pressure, opportunity,...
- Pentagon model
- An extension of the fraud diamond by Jonathan Marks (2011) that adds arrogance as a fifth element, describing individuals so confident in...
Explained in
- The Fraud Diamond and Other Extended Fraud ModelsA motivational taxonomy derived from counterintelligence practice: Money (financial gain or need), Ideology (loyalty, grievance, or belief), Coercion (external...