Corporations, Crime and Accountability

Klappentext This book asks why corporations are rarely held accountable for corporate crime and proposes solutions to the problem. Zusammenfassung This compelling book explains why accountability for corporate crime is rarely imposed under the present law! and proposes solutions which would help to extend responsibility to a wide range of actors. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; Abbreviations; 1. Crime, responsibility and corporate society; 2. Individualism; 3. Enterprise liability; 4. Organisation theory perspectives; 5. Making the buck stop; 6. Assessing the accountability model; 7. The possibility of responsibility for corporate crime; Bibliography of cited works; Index.

Product details

• Authors: John Braithwaite, Brent Fisse, Brent (University of Sydney) Braithwaite Fisse, Brent Braithwaite Fisse, Fisse Brent
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 28.01.1994
• EAN: 9780521441308
• ISBN: 978-0-521-44130-8
• No. of pages: 288
• Series: Cambridge Studies in Early Mod; Theories of Institutional Design; Cambridge Studies in Early Mod
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; England, Wales, Society & social sciences, POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, Business ethics & social responsibility, Business ethics and social responsibility, Crime & criminology, Company law, Health & safety issues