Corporate crime : a reference handbook / Richard D. Hartley.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hartley, Richard D.

Series:

Contemporary world issues

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

White collar crimes.

Commercial crimes.

Corporations--Corrupt practices.

Corporations.

Physical Description:

xiv, 257 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Santa Barbara, Calif. : ABC-CLIO, [2008]

Contents:

1 Background and History 1

Corporate and White-Collar Crime Defined 2

Corporate Crime Typologies 5

History of Corporate Entities and Corporate Offending 6

The Corporation Today 12

Laws and Legal Origins of Corporate Crime 14

Recent Legislation 20

Sarbanes-Oxley Act 20

Criminal Antitrust Penalty Enhancement and Reform Act 21

Types of Corporate Crime 21

Fraud, Tax Evasion, and Economic Exploitation 21

Price Fixing, Price Gouging, and False Advertising 24

Corporate Theft, Exploitation, and Unfair Labor Practices 25

Violent Corporate Offenses 27

Unsafe Environmental Practices 28

Unsafe Consumer Products 28

Unsafe Working Conditions 31

Universities and Colleges as Corporate Offenders 31

Importance of Studying Corporate and White-Collar Crime 33

2 Problems, Controversies, and Solutions 41

Types of Corporate Crime and Definitional Problems 41

Should Corporations Be Held Socially Responsible? 44

Prosecution of Corporations 46

Problems with Criminal Justice System Control 51

Government Officials and Politicians as Corporate Offenders 54

Punishment of Corporate Crime 56

Remedies for Harm Done 58

Determining Fines 58

Probationary Sentences 58

Deferred Prosecutions 60

Measuring Corporate Crime 62

Federal Sources 63

State and Municipal Sources 66

Detecting and Controlling Corporate Crime 67

Improving Current Methods 71

3 Worldwide Perspective 81

Corporate Offending outside the United States 81

Globalization and Its Effects on Corporate Offending Worldwide 84

The Extent of Corporate Offending in Other Countries 86

Political Corruption and Corporate Crime 88

Corporate Offending in Services, Development, and Post-Conflict Construction 91

Corporate Crime and Reconstruction in the Wake of Conflict 94

Rebuilding Iraq 95

Access to Health Care Worldwide 97

Corporate Crime and HIV/AIDS 99

Corporate Crime in Mexico's Public Health System 101

Health Care Reform: Colombia versus Venezuela 102

Recommendations for the Health Sector 102

What in the World Can Be Done? 104

Laws and Legislation against Corporate Offending around the World 104

Inter-American Convention against Corruption 107

The Global Organization of Parliamentarians against Corruption (GOPC) 109

United Nations Convention against Corruption 110

United Nations Global Compact 111

Other Resources in the Global Fight against Corruption 112

Detecting and Controlling Corporate Crime Worldwide 113

Prosecution of Corporations in Other Countries 114

Punishment of Corporations Worldwide 116

Henry Clayton 145

Marshall B. Clinard 145

Bernard Ebbers 146

Andrew Fastow 147

Alberto Fujimori 148

Gilbert Geis 149

L. Dennis Kozlowski 149

Kenneth Lay 150

Patrick Leahy 151

Ferdinand Marcos 152

Stephanie A. Martz 153

Paul J. McNulty 153

Robert F. Meier 154

Michael Milken 154

Slobodan Milosevic 155

Ralph Nader 156

Michael Oxley 157

Henry N. Pontell 157

John Rigas 158

Paul Sarbanes 159

Sally S. Simpson 159

Jeffrey K. Skilling 160

Adam Smith 160

Arlen J. Specter 161

Eliot Spitzer 162

Nadine Strossen 162

Mohammed Suharto 163

Edwin H. Sutherland 164

Larry D. Thompson 164

Gary Winnick 165

Peter C. Yeager 166

6 Data and Documents 167

Facts and Statistics on Corporate Crime 167

Government Documents and Reports 184

Executive Order 13271 185

Legislation Pertaining to Corporate Offending 186

The Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890 186

The Clayton Antitrust Act of 1914 187

The Federal Trade Commission Act of 1914 188

The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 189

Governmental Commentary on Corporate Offending 190

Deputy Attorney General Larry D. Thompson, 2002 190

Deputy Attorney General Paul J. McNulty, 2006 192

Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales, 2007 194

Quotes 195

Other Relevant Documents 196

7 Directory of Organizations 201

Journal Articles 222

Dissertations 225

Magazines and Newsletters 226

Government Documents and Agency Publications 228

Nonprint Resources 232

Videos 232.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-234) and index.

ISBN:

9781598840858

1598840851

9781598840865

159884086X

OCLC:

182662578

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