Corporations, Crime and Accountability

This book asks why corporations are rarely held accountable for corporate crime and proposes solutions to the problem.

Brent Fisse (Author), John Braithwaite (Author)

9780521441308, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 28 January 1994

288 pages
23.6 x 16 x 2.4 cm, 0.626 kg

In modern society corporate activities frequently result in serious harm, whether to the environment, to victims of industrial accidents, or to persons who suffer loss from fraudulent operations. In such cases who should be held responsible, the corporation or individual employees? This book explains why accountability is rarely imposed under the present law, and proposes solutions which would help to extend responsibility to a wide range of actors. The authors develop an Accountability Model under which the courts and corporations work together to achieve accountability across a broad front.

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.

Subject Areas: Health & safety issues [KNXC], Business ethics & social responsibility [KJG], Crime & criminology [JKV], Society & social sciences [J]