Corporate Crime: A Reference Handbook

✍ Scribed by Richard D. Hartley

• Publisher: ABC-CLIO
• Year: 2008
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 272
• Series: Contemporary World Issues
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Should corporations and their employees be held criminally liable for shoddy business practices? This volume explores both sides of the question, discussing the nature and scope of corporate crime, the controversies surrounding it, and the most promising solutions. How do we define corporate crime and how do we detect it? Corporate Crime guides readers through the definitions and concepts as well as the difficulties in detecting, prosecuting, and punishing corporate wrongdoing.

How do corporations get away with their crimes? This reference examines both the successes and the failures of government and law enforcement policies concerning the punishment of corporate crime and explores leading contemporary proposals for controlling and deterring it. It is an essential information source for any citizen of corporate America.

✦ Table of Contents

Cover......Page 1
Copyright......Page 7
Contents......Page 8
Preface......Page 12
1. Background and History......Page 16
Corporate and White-Collar Crime Define......Page 17
Corporate Crime Typologies......Page 20
History of Corporate Entities and Corporate Offending......Page 21
The Corporation Today......Page 27
Laws and Legal Origins of Corporate Crime......Page 29
Sarbanes-Oxley Act......Page 35
Fraud, Tax Evasion, and Economic Exploitation......Page 36
Price Fixing, Price Gouging, and False Advertising......Page 39
Corporate Theft, Exploitation, and Unfair Labor Practices......Page 40
Violent Corporate Offenses......Page 42
Unsafe Consumer Products......Page 43
Universities and Colleges as Corporate Offenders......Page 46
Conclusion......Page 48
References......Page 50
Types of Corporate Crime and Definitional Problem......Page 56
Should Corporations Be Held Socially Responsible?......Page 59
Prosecution of Corporations......Page 61
Problems with Criminal Justice System Control......Page 66
Government Officials and Politician as Corporate Offenders......Page 69
Punishment of Corporate Crime......Page 71
Probationary Sentences......Page 73
Deferred Prosecutions......Page 75
Measuring Corporate Crime......Page 77
Federal Sources......Page 78
State and Municipal Sources......Page 81
Detecting and Controlling Corporate Crime......Page 82
Improving Current Methods......Page 86
Conclusion......Page 90
References......Page 92
Corporate Offending outside the United States......Page 96
Globalization and Its Effects on Corporate Offending Worldwide......Page 99
The Extent of Corporate Offending in Other Countries......Page 101
Political Corruption and Corporate Crime......Page 103
Corporate Offending in Services, Development, and Post-Conflict Constructio......Page 106
Corporate Crime and Reconstruction in the Wake of Conflic......Page 109
Rebuilding Iraq......Page 110
Access to Health Care Worldwide......Page 112
Corporate Crime and HIV/AIDS......Page 114
Corporate Crime in Mexico’s Public Health System......Page 116
Recommendations for the Health Sector......Page 117
Laws and Legislation against Corporate Offending around the World......Page 119
Inter-American Convention against Corruption......Page 122
The Global Organization of Parliamentarians against Corruption (GOPC)......Page 124
United Nations Convention against Corruption......Page 125
United Nations Global Compact......Page 126
Other Resources in the Global Fight against Corruption......Page 127
Detecting and Controlling Corporate Crime Worldwide......Page 128
Prosecution of Corporations in Other Countries......Page 129
Punishment of Corporations Worldwide......Page 131
Conclusion......Page 133
References......Page 135
4. Chronology......Page 142
Marshall B. Clinard (b. 1911)......Page 160
Bernard Ebbers (b. 1941)......Page 161
Andrew Fastow (b. 1961)......Page 162
Alberto Fujimori (b. 1938)......Page 163
L. Dennis Kozlowski (b. 1946)......Page 164
Kenneth Lay (1952–2006)......Page 165
Patrick Leahy (b. 1940)......Page 166
Ferdinand Marcos (1917–1989)......Page 167
Paul J. McNulty (b. 1958)......Page 168
Michael Milken (b. 1946)......Page 169
Slobodan Milosevic (1941–2006)......Page 170
Ralph Nader (b. 1934)......Page 171
Henry N. Pontell (b. 1950)......Page 172
John Rigas (b. 1924)......Page 173
Sally S. Simpson (b. 1954)......Page 174
Adam Smith (1723–1790)......Page 175
Arlen J. Specter (b. 1930)......Page 176
Nadine Strossen (b. 1950)......Page 177
Mohammed Suharto (b. 1921)......Page 178
Larry D. Thompson (b. 1946)......Page 179
Gary Winnick (b. 1948)......Page 180
Peter C. Yeager (unknown)......Page 181
Facts and Statistics on Corporate Crime......Page 182
Government Documents and Reports......Page 199
Executive Order 13271......Page 200
The Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890......Page 201
The Clayton Antitrust Act of 1914......Page 202
The Federal Trade Commission Act of 1914......Page 203
The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002......Page 204
Deputy Attorney General Larry D. Thompson, 2002......Page 205
Deputy Attorney General Paul J. McNulty, 2006......Page 207
Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales, 2007......Page 209
Quotes......Page 210
Other Relevant Documents......Page 211
References......Page 212
7. Directory of Organizations......Page 216
8. Resources......Page 228
Books......Page 229
Journal Articles......Page 237
Dissertations......Page 240
Magazines and Newsletters......Page 241
Government Documents and Agency Publications......Page 243
Videos......Page 247
Web Sites......Page 248
Glossary......Page 250
Index......Page 256
About the Author......Page 272