What are the similarities and differences? Natalia Wolf and Jeffery Skilling have several similarities and differences between them, but both crimes are white collar crimes in which a person intentionally misappropriates the assets entrusted to them. One of the differences is that the Wolf's were taking money from people by selling or reselling real estate scams to where Mr. Skilling was scamming money from stocks, by freezing employee stock assets while cashing in his own to get a higher payout meanwhile employee stock became worthless. For Wolf, expectancy theory could have been their motivation. They considered both the expectancy of achieving a particular goal and the value placed on it. They may have been motivated by the "American Dream", of being able to live a certain type of lifestyle being they came from a communist controlled company where resources were as easily accessible. For Skilling, applying Rotter's theory to criminal behavior, we can see that Skilling's conduct was unlawful, due to his intent to gain something from the negative conduct. He did these things to be rewarded in the form of power, material things, and living status. We can see this play out in 2 forms of the Social Learning Theory for example: "The embezzler takes funds from his company in order to purchase a recreational vehicle;". Both
Skilling and the Wolf's justified their actions through a warped social lens. Bartol, C. R., & Bartol, A. M. (2020). Criminal Behavior: A Psychological Approach (12th ed.). Pearson Education (US). https://mbsdirect.vitalsource.com/books/97801fi561881fi