Dirty Business Exploring Corporate Misconduct: Analysis and Cases

by Maurice Punch

• ISBN13: 9780803976047
• ISBN10: 0803976046
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1996-12-23
• Publisher: Sage Publications

Summary

Drawing on both theory and major case studies, this book provides a much-needed sociological and comparative analysis of the world of the manager in the context of misconduct within business organizations.Organizational misbehaviour and crime have been relatively neglected in the social sciences, particularly in business studies. Analyses have tended to be fragmentary, overly slanted towards narrow external views - such as those of legal control and public policy - and predominantly North American. Dirty Business rectifies this by offering a broad sociological perspective related to work, organizations and management, supported by a range of key international case studies. In developing his arguments, Maurice Punch draws on primary and secondary sources as well as his extensive personal experience of teaching and interacting with managers and in developing courses on crisis and disaster management.

Table of Contents

PART ONE: INTRODUCTION

Management and Organizational Misbehaviour

Business, Society, and Corporate Deviance

White-Collar Crime and Organizational Deviance

Consequences and Control

PART TWO: CASES

Ten Cases of Corporate Deviance

PART THREE: CONCLUSION

Everything but Temptation

Tackling Business Crime