The corporate criminal : why corporations must be abolished / Steve Tombs and David Whyte.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Tombs, Steve, author.

Contributor:

Whyte, David, 1968-

Series:

Key ideas in criminology.

Key Ideas in Criminology Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Corporations--Moral and ethical aspects.

Corporations.

Corporate governance--Moral and ethical aspects.

Corporate governance.

Business and politics--Moral and ethical aspects.

Business and politics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (227 pages).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, N.Y. : Routledge, 2015.

Summary:

Drawing upon a wide range of sources of empirical evidence, historical analysis and theoretical argument, this book shows beyond any doubt that the private, profit-making, corporation is a habitual and routine offender. The book dissects the myth that the corporation can be a rational, responsible, 'citizen'. It shows how in its present form, the corporation is permitted, licensed and encouraged to systematically kill, maim and steal for profit. Corporations are constructed through law and politics in ways that impel them to cause harm to people and the environment. In other words, criminality is part of the DNA of the modern corporation. Therefore, the authors argue, the corporation cannot be easily reformed. The only feasible solution to this 'crime' problem is to abolish the legal and political privileges that enable the corporation to act with impunity.

Contents:

1. Introducing the corporate criminal

2. Crime, harm and the corporation

3. Constructing the corporation

4. The corporation as structured irresponsibility

5. Controlling the corporation?

6. Conclusion : what is to be done about the corporate criminal?.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-135-26433-3

0-415-55637-6

0-203-86940-0

1-135-26434-1

9780203869406

OCLC:

905853933