Different Types of Corporate Crime and Control Theory Explanation
Learn about the various types of corporate crimes including paperwork non-compliance, labor law violations, unfair trade practices, financial offenses, manufacturing offenses, and environmental crimes. Also, explore how Control Theory may explain corporate crime concerning capitalism and morals.
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Corporate Crime http://tbn0.google.com/images?q=tbn:WITMgBKPU1XU3M:http://frecklescassie.files.wordpress.com/2007/06/corporate_crime.gif
Slapper & Tombs (1999) suggest that there are 6 main types of Corporate Crime: 1) Paperwork & Non-Compliance: > Having incorrect/ no permits or licences and/or failing to comply with legal regulations (often health & safety regulations ) > E.g. Herald of Free Enterprise disaster 1989: Capsized & a 197 people died as rules governing the closer of bow doors was neglected. http://tbn3.google.com/images?q=tbn:tfbDDIPCd7-DhM:http://www.doverferryphotos.co.uk/images/Herald-of-Free-Enterprise-b.jpg 2) Labour Law Violation: > Includes crimes such as failing to pay legally required minimum wages, ignoring legal working hour restrictions or failing to provide correct safety equipment for workers. http://tbn2.google.com/images?q=tbn:aoL-YTaq8T1SdM:http://blog1.ebates.com/ebates/gap_logo.jpg > E.g. GAP using child labour in sweat shops
3) Unfair Trade Practices: > Includes crimes such as false advertising, price-fixing and illegally obtaining information on rival businesses. > E.g. UK Supermarkets were fined 116 Million in 2007 for fixing the price of milk and cheese, costing shoppers 270 Million more than they should have been paying. http://tbn2.google.com/images?q=tbn:_1f2SuyUWOW8bM:http://onlinestorageoptimization.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/milk.jpg http://tbn0.google.com/images?q=tbn:7dcsyuB6xU7lKM:http://www.foodsubs.com/Photos/cheese-dutchleerdammer.jpg 4) Financial Offences: > Includes crimes such as tax evasion and concealment of losses & debts. > E.g. In 2001 Enron concealed debts of around $50 Billion the company collapsed and many people lost their jobs and investments. http://tbn3.google.com/images?q=tbn:43SXNvZzBiyFHM:http://www.cconnection.org/enron_logo11.jpg
5) Manufacturing Offences > These are offences such as misrepresentation, incorrect labelling & false advertising. They also include the production of dangerous & unsafe articles, counterfeiting & failing to recall faulty goods. > E.g. in the 1970s the Ford Pinto, advertised as the car that gives you a warm feeling, had a tendency to burst into flames in collisions. Production continued for 8 years & is thought to have been responsible for between 500 900 deaths. > A memo within the company showed that it was cheaper to compensate victim s families $50 Million than to rectify the problem which would have cost $121 Million! (Source: Browne 2009) http://tbn2.google.com/images?q=tbn:lvcGvaCNnumvLM:http://static.howstuffworks.com/gif/1971-1980-ford-pinto-1979.jpg http://tbn0.google.com/images?q=tbn:jcIsUtV3RW8wiM:http://www.floridamortgageblogger.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/money_tree.jpg 6) Environmental Green Crime: > SEE GREEN POWERPOINT
Explaining Corporate Crime > How might Control Theory explain Corporate Crime? Think about Capitalism & Morals
Corporate Crime & Official Statistics Corporate Crimes are often missing from Official Statistics or at the most the yare under-represented when compared to typical working-class low-level street crimes such as burglary, knife crime, vandalism and vehicle crime. > How might this be explained? (Draw on your knowledge on theories of crime). http://tbn1.google.com/images?q=tbn:-3DNPql12KVGnM:http://www.youngentrepreneur.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/silhouette-man.gif http://tbn0.google.com/images?q=tbn:hIBUajUDDzfr3M:http://www1.salvationarmy.org.uk/images/uki.www_uki/news.jpg http://tbn0.google.com/images?q=tbn:ULlIpKd31fJrmM:http://www.teach-nology.com/worksheets/early_childhood/color/detective.gif http://tbn2.google.com/images?q=tbn:gsA6JgM1lxMtwM:http://www.adacottage.org.uk/george/photoblog/u14_policeman.jpg http://tbn0.google.com/images?q=tbn:k-eMtP-eXyS-6M:http://www.dotnetcharting.com/images/pie_chart_3d.png http://tbn2.google.com/images?q=tbn:qRWiX1AQDGxWNM:http://www.bbc.co.uk/berkshire/content/images/2007/07/26/203_environment_agency_203x152.jpg http://tbn0.google.com/images?q=tbn:luF87zNsavqymM:http://blog.lib.umn.edu/cehd/insideout/question%2520mark.jpg
