QUOTE(Texsox @ Aug 31, 2006 -> 09:36 AM)
I agree with you on the premise but wouldn't absolute power be more likely in a six person relief organization?
I think what's more likely to happen is this: for a 6 person operation to successfully embezzle enough funds to make its people wealthy, it's going to have to embezzle a much higher percentage of the amount it takes in than someone like Bechtel or Halliburton in Iraq. Those guys can make a cool $50 million by overcharging the government a mere 1%. If I'm running a 6 person charity, and I take in something like $10 million, if I want to become a millionaire, I need to have well over 10% of the amount I'm taking in disappear into my pockets. If an auditor bothers to look at me at all, then that's a big enough discrepancy to raise all sorts of red flags.