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OverviewIn the post-Enron era, corporate corruption has increasingly featured on the research agenda. This informative book provides a novel approach by charting the actual causes of corruption. This highly topical volume demonstrates how agency (the decisions and choices of individuals) and structure (the contextual pressures in the business environment) can interact to result in the rapid escalation of corporate crime and corruption. By analysing and describing the social-psychological dimensions of this escalation, the book prescribes preventive measures that can be adapted and implemented by business organizations. Loaded with case studies and prospective solutions, Charting Corporate Corruption will be valuable to post-graduates studying business ethics, sociology and psychology, and to researchers seeking new theories and concepts in this field. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Peter Fleming , Stelios C. ZyglidopoulosPublisher: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Imprint: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd ISBN: 9781847205162ISBN 10: 184720516 Pages: 176 Publication Date: 30 April 2009 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: To order Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us. Table of ContentsContents: Preface Introduction: The Enigma of Corporate Corruption 1. `Bad Apple' Approaches to Organizational Corruption 2. Rationalization, Self-Deception and Corruption 3. `When Giants Stumble': Agency, Rationalization and the Ruin of Barings Bank 4. `Bad Barrel' Perspectives on Corporate Corruption 5. Environmental Pressures Towards Corruption 6. Structure and the 2002 Accounting Scandals 7. The Escalation of Corruption in Organizations 9. Conclusion: Individuals, Organizations and the Political Economy of the Firm References IndexReviewsAuthor InformationPeter Fleming, Cass Business School, City University, London, UK and Stelios C. Zyglidopoulos, Adam Smith Business School, University of Glasgow, UK Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |