Corporate Corruption

Creative accounting. Off-the-books deals. Dummy corporations. Insider trading. From questionable practices to outright fraud, today's news is full of tales of business gone wrong. What can we learn to better understand what's happening?

  • What leads to corporate misconduct?
  • What are the consequences of corporate corruption?
  • What happened in other high-profile cases, and did anything change as a result?
  • How would you judge a hypothetical case of insider trading?

The following books and articles are completely free to read in their entirety from July 5, 2002, through July 12, 2002, with a free trial account.

Causes and Consequences of Corporate Corruption
  Corporate Misconduct: The Legal, Societal, and Management Issues
       edited by Margaret P. Spencer & Ronald R. Sims

Major Business Scandals, Frauds, and Swindles
  Corporate Corruption: The Abuse of Power
       by Marshall B. Clinard
  High Rollers: Inside the Savings and Loan Debacle
       by Martin Lowy
  Organizations and Fraud in the Savings and Loan Industry
       by Robert Tillman & Henry Pontell, in Social Forces
  BCCI: Lessons for International Bank Supervision
       by Richard J. Herring, in Contemporary Policy Issues
  John D. Rockefeller, Robber Baron or Industrial Statesman?
       edited by Earl Latham

Is This Insider Trading? You Make the Call in this Hypothetical Case
  The Forum: Case Vignette: Inside Information
       by Frederick R. Kobrick, Marc A. Rodwin, & Gary R. VandenBos, in Ethics and Behavior

 

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