ABSTRACT
The resemblance between acting and deception for the purpose of fraud creates an opportunity to use the drama metaphor as quasi-experiential educational tool. Fraud is always based on deception. Real-life managers also played roles in the piece, side by side with the professionals and much to the amusement of the audience. The term 'role playing' was first used in the 1920s by Jacob L. Moreno, a Viennese psychiatrist who concluded that patients achieved more from learning about their problems by acting them out than by talking about them. Role playing can be used for teaching communication skills, interpersonal skills, leadership training, organizational management, professional training and even sports. Awareness to fraud and corruption and the ability to detect signs of malicious deception is a valuable skill. In social science, role playing refers to psychodrama and sociodrama. While psychodrama deals with the personal role, sociodrama deals with the collective aspects of a role.
