{"id":317,"date":"2026-06-30T04:00:40","date_gmt":"2026-06-30T04:00:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/allisonmillspaugh-cyse200t\/?p=317"},"modified":"2026-06-30T04:00:40","modified_gmt":"2026-06-30T04:00:40","slug":"discussion-board-opportunities-for-workplace-deviance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/allisonmillspaugh-cyse200t\/2026\/06\/30\/discussion-board-opportunities-for-workplace-deviance\/","title":{"rendered":"Discussion Board: Opportunities for Workplace Deviance"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>In the article &#8220;White-Collar Cybercrime,&#8221; Brian Payne explores how technological changes have shifted the landscape of occupational crime. He suggests that while the &#8220;motives&#8221; for crime might remain traditional (financial gain, status, or revenge), the &#8220;opportunities&#8221; have expanded significantly due to the advent of the computer within the workplace.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Task: addressing the following:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>Changing Opportunities: Based on the reading, how does the integration of computers into daily business operations create &#8220;new opportunities&#8221; for deviance that did not exist in traditional white-collar settings?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Blurred Lines: Payne discusses the overlap between white-collar crime and cybercrime. Provide an example from your own perspective (or the text) where an employee might use their legitimate &#8220;access&#8221; to a system to commit a deviant act.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Impact of Anonymity: How does the perceived anonymity of digital actions change the &#8220;cost-benefit analysis&#8221; for an employee considering workplace deviance compared to a physical crime (like stealing from a cash register)?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"403\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/allisonmillspaugh-cyse200t\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41333\/2026\/06\/Screen-Shot-2026-06-30-at-11.00.23-AM-1024x403.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-318\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/allisonmillspaugh-cyse200t\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41333\/2026\/06\/Screen-Shot-2026-06-30-at-11.00.23-AM-1024x403.png 1024w, https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/allisonmillspaugh-cyse200t\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41333\/2026\/06\/Screen-Shot-2026-06-30-at-11.00.23-AM-300x118.png 300w, https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/allisonmillspaugh-cyse200t\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41333\/2026\/06\/Screen-Shot-2026-06-30-at-11.00.23-AM-768x302.png 768w, https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/allisonmillspaugh-cyse200t\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41333\/2026\/06\/Screen-Shot-2026-06-30-at-11.00.23-AM-600x236.png 600w, https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/allisonmillspaugh-cyse200t\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41333\/2026\/06\/Screen-Shot-2026-06-30-at-11.00.23-AM.png 1050w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the article &#8220;White-Collar Cybercrime,&#8221; Brian Payne explores how technological changes have shifted the landscape of occupational crime. He suggests that while the &#8220;motives&#8221; for crime might remain traditional (financial gain, status, or revenge), the &#8220;opportunities&#8221; have expanded significantly due to the advent of the computer within the workplace. Task: addressing the following:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32484,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wds_primary_category":0},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/allisonmillspaugh-cyse200t\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/317"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/allisonmillspaugh-cyse200t\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/allisonmillspaugh-cyse200t\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/allisonmillspaugh-cyse200t\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/32484"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/allisonmillspaugh-cyse200t\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=317"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/allisonmillspaugh-cyse200t\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/317\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":319,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/allisonmillspaugh-cyse200t\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/317\/revisions\/319"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/allisonmillspaugh-cyse200t\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=317"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/allisonmillspaugh-cyse200t\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=317"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/allisonmillspaugh-cyse200t\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=317"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}