Chris and Alison Weston

The case study Chris and Alison Weston describes how Chris and Alison Weston committed mail fraud, which they both ended up serving a year in a half in prison. It is recorded from their own recollection of the events that happened. This case demonstrates that even individuals can commit crimes without being aware that they are even doing anything wrong. Both Chris and Alison have their flaws that if thought through properly could have helped them avoid jail time.
Chris did not think he was doing anything wrong. He was running the day to day operations, and spoke how different firms were doing the same thing that he was. Chris had two problems that he faced. First was his negligence, and secondly was his greed. This whole situation may have been averted completely, if Chris just spoke to his bosses and said that his wife could help with the company, and if this is something they would want to take a look at. By doing this, Chris would legally be able to say that he gave his employers a notification that this was happening, and there would be no conflict of interest. Chris needed to do the proper research to see if there were any laws within the company that prohibited relationships within the workplace. To me using Alison’s maiden name was not as much the problem as it was not letting anyone know of what was going on.
Secondly, Chris faced another issue which was his greediness was getting in the way. By seemingly realize that he was not going to get caught they started to overbill for Alison’s services more regularly. By doing this, it was a way of saying that he was getting away with doing it for so long, why stop and see how far he can take it to the next level. He knew what he was doing was unethical and unmoral but he didn’t care. Although they already had money, he wanted to continue making more. His greed overshadowed how successful he truly was. Chris was career driven, and had a senior position