An Explanation of Corporate Crime

An Explanation of Corporate Crime

This analytical source review will analyse and detail the views and

opinions of four different sources including: The sociology of

corporate crime: an obituary, Corporate Crime, Corporate Crime at the

tip of the iceberg and White Collar and Corporate Crime.

The topic this review will be primarily concerned with is corporate

crime, the topic will be examined and the notion of ignorance towards

the subject will be addressed. However in order to research and

provide a review on the subject in hand a brief definition of

corporate crime is required. White collar crime and corporate crime

are referred to as the same subject however, Gary and Slapper argue

that the term white collar crime should be restricted to the study of

crimes by the individually rich or powerful which are committed in the

furtherance of their own interests, often against corporations for

which they are working. Organisational illegalities or rather

corporate crimes on the other hand, are individual or collective

illegalities that are perceived as helping to achieve the

organisational goals set by the dominant coalition within an

organisation. Kramer (1984: 18) in Gary and Slapper (p.16) describes

the concept of corporate crime:

By the concept of corporate crime, then we wish to focus attention on

criminal acts (of omission or commission) which are the result of

deliberate decision making (or culpable negligence) of those who

occupy structural positions within the organisation as corporate

executives or managers. These decisions are organisationally based –

made in accordance with the normative goals (primarily corporate

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appropriate justice and indicates that corporate crimes and the people

involved in them are the most violent parasitical, and dangerous of

all criminals.

Source Four

This source comes from Hazel Croall (1998) book Crime and Society in

Britain chapter fifteen White collar and corporate Crime. Croall

(1998) again argues that the major cases such as Enron that have come

to light and the publics attention represents only a tip of the

iceberg.

Critical analysis

Conclusion

Gary and Slapper have noted that the commercial corporate body has

enjoyed significant legal privileges and argue that from the outset

corporations have had advantages of various forms of legal

protection. Gary and Slapper suggest that to a certain extent civil

law was developed to offer support and protection to companies.