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The purpose of this book is to examine the theories and practice of how to control corporate behaviour through legal techniques.
Sommario
Introduction
Part A: Psychology
1. The Findings of Social Psychology
Part B: Deterrence
2. Deterrence Theory
3. Private Enforcement in USA
4. Enforcement of Competition Law
5. Criticisms of Deterrence
6. Empirical Evidence
7. Conclusions
Part C: Regulation
8. Public Regulation
9. The Structure of Regulation and Self-Regulation in the UK
10. Developments in Criminal Enforcement in the United Kingdom
11. Responsive, Meta and Compliance Theories
12. OECD Policy on Regulation and Enforcement
13. The Enforcement Policies of Individual Agencies
14. Consumer Trading and Protection
15. Competition
16. Conclusions on Current Enforcement Policy
Part D: Regulation and Compliance by Business
17. Standards, Accreditation, Self-Regulation and Co-Regulation
18. Compliance within Business Organisations
Part E: Regulatory Architectures
19. Regulating Safety
20. Financial Services
Part F: Conclusions
21. Business Values: Culture, Commitment, Trust and Ethics
22. Conclusions: Ethical Regulation ction
B. Compliance Systems
C. The Deterrence Tradition/Models
1. Deterrence in criminal law
2. Deterrence in economic theory
3. The example of private enforcement in USA
4. The example of competition enforcement by the European Commission
D. Responsive Regulation Models
1. The empirical research and its theories
2. Some examples: Braithwaite, Hawkins, Haines, Hutter
3. Developments in enforcement of criminal law
4. The example of the reform of UK regulatory policy from 2007
E. Behavioural psychology
1. The findings of the psychology research
2. Examples of where elements can be seen in regulatory systems
i. pharmaceutical safety regulation
ii. airline safety
iii. HSE
iv. financial services
3. integrating public and corporate compliance and sanctioning systems
F. Conclusions
1. Discussion of the various theories, and how they can be combined
2. A holistic model:
i. A quality system
ii. Internal and external
iii. Self-regulation
iv. Stakeholders and transparency
v. External checking, audit
vi. whistleblowing
vii. Add CDR to regulation
viii. Toolbox of powers (Denmark)
ix. safeguards
3. An example of how a holistic system of corporate behaviour would work
Info autore
Christopher Hodges OBE is Emeritus Professor of Justice Systems at the Centre for Socio-Legal Studies, Oxford, UK; Supernumerary Fellow of Wolfson College, University of Oxford, UK; and Chair of the Regulatory Horizons Council, UK.
Photo courtesy of Faculty of Law, University of Oxford.
Riassunto
The purpose of this book is to examine the theories and practice of how to control corporate behaviour through legal techniques.
Testo aggiuntivo
If Hodges is right many authors – including legal economists – should revise their texts on the preventative effect of laws.
