Unauthorized Approval

A subject uses delegated authority to approve a request, transaction, entitlement, exception, appointment, payment, access grant, or other organizational action without a legitimate basis.

Examples include:

• approving access for a favored individual without business justification
• approving a supplier despite an undisclosed conflict
• authorizing expenditure outside the intended purpose
• approving an exception using false or incomplete supporting information

The defining evidence is an affirmative decision made through authority legitimately assigned to the subject.