NCJ Number
159022
Editor(s)
M P Spencer,
R R Sims
Date Published
1995
Length
228 pages
Annotation
This book provides lawyers, businessmen, and lay readers with practical and theoretical insights into the problem of corporate misconduct.
Abstract
The book is based on the premise that crime and misconduct are endemic in business and, in fact, are a predictable outcome of normal, routine, business transactions. Illegal conduct by businesses are very much a part of the business world and very much a part of the American criminal justice system. The chapters in this book discuss problems caused by corporate criminal misconduct, Federal corporate criminal liability, provisions of Federal sentencing guidelines that affect corporations, and the regulatory environment in the U.S. Other contributors describe major securities frauds in U.S. history, discuss fraud from the perspective of the corporation and corporate employees, explore the implications of computer fraud, and examine corporate fraud as it relates to the marketing process. The final chapters address the issue of whether and how corporate codes of conduct should be implemented, and the role that human resource management can play in countering corporate fraud. Chapter references