جرم‌های سفید و شرکتی: راهنمای مستند و مرجع

This reference guide documents white-collar crimes by individuals and businesses over the past 150 years, offering the most comprehensive array of documents and interpretations available. From Gilded Age railroad scandals to the muckraking period and from the Savings and Loan debacle to corporate fallout during the recent economic meltdown, some individuals and companies have chosen to take the low road to achieve “the American dream.” While these offenders throughout modern history may have lacked ethics, morals, or good judgment, they certainly were not wanting in terms of creativity. White-Collar and Corporate Crime: A Documentary and Reference Guide traces the fascinating history of white-collar and corporate criminal behavior from the 1800s through the 2010 passage of the Dodd-Frank financial reform measure. Author Gilbert Geis scrutinizes more than a century of episodes involving corporate corruption and other self-serving behaviors that violate antitrust laws, bribery statutes, and fraud laws. The various attempts made by authorities to rein in greed and the methods employed by wrongdoers to evade these controls are also discussed and evaluated. Cover......Page 1 Title Page......Page 4 Copyright Page......Page 5 Table of Contents......Page 8 Acknowledgments......Page 10 Reader’s Guide to Related Documents and Sidebars......Page 12 Preface......Page 16 1. What is White-Collar and Corporate Crime?......Page 24 2. The Robber Barons......Page 58 3. The Muckrakers......Page 86 4. Antitrust Crimes......Page 106 5. Major Scandals and Scams: 1864–1993......Page 132 6. Insider Trading and Related Crimes......Page 164 7. Government White-Collar Crimes......Page 192 8. White-Collar Crime in the Professions......Page 206 9. Environmental and Consumer Crimes......Page 232 10. The Enron Decade of Corporate Debacles......Page 256 11. Outdoing Ponzi: Bernie Madoff, R. Allen Stanford, and Boss Jezda......Page 294 12. The Great Economic Meltdown: 2007–2009......Page 312 13. Doing Something about it......Page 344 Selected Resources: Bibliography......Page 360 Index......Page 368 While white-collar crime and corporate greed and irresponsibility have recently received much attention, misdeeds at the top of the financial food chain are certainly nothing new. Corruption, bribery, insider trading, securities fraud, stock manipulations, and illegal business practices have long been an ongoing problem in big business. From Gilded Age railroad scandals to the muckraking period and from the Savings and Loan debacle to corporate fallout during the recent economic meltdown, some individuals and companies have chosen to take the low road to achieve "the American dream." While these offenders throughout modern history may have lacked ethics, morals, or good judgment, they certainly were not wanting in creativity. White-Collar and Corporate Crime: A Documentary and Reference Guide traces the fascinating history of white-collar and corporate behavior from the 1800s through the 2010 passage of the Dodd-Frank financial reform measure. Gilbert Geis scrutinizes more than a century of episodes involving corporate corruption and other self-serving behaviors that violate antitrust laws, bribery statutes, and fraud laws. The various attempts made by authorities to rein in greed and the methods employed by wrongdoers to evade these controls are also discussed and evaluated