Corporate crime

deserves. Bruce Wayne seems to be a white-collar criminal, who engages in the kind of corporate crimes that attract our real-life two-faced prosecutors. He takes corporate resources to pursue his own interests, uses deceptive means to obtain a majority stake in Wayne Enterprises after persuading an initial public offering, and intimidates a potential whistle-blower. Bruce is exposed by a lawyer to be using corporate resources for his own purposes. More specifically, Bruce has transformed the R&D…

The emergence of white-collar crimes/theory during the turn of the century asked the primary question of who is causing the most amounts of crime and the most amount of damage within society? Edwin Sutherland did much of the research during the rise of his theory, differential association. In addition, Geis (2010) recounts that Sutherland “reviewed major instances of financial fraud by business magnates such as the railroad entrepreneurs and monopolists. He also catalogued legal actions taken…

ton of crimes throughout today society, but none quit as prevalent as white-collar crimes. According to Adler, Mueller, & Laufer, white-collar crimes are defined as “a violation of the law committed by a person or group of persons in the course of an otherwise respected and legitimate occupation or business enterprise (Adler, Mueller, & Laufer, 2012). Although, white-collar crimes are everywhere you look in today’s new and cooperate America, they are not new to history. White-collar crime date…

the Desire for Control: An Empirical Test of White Collar Crime and Conventional Crime”, a deeper look at the reasoning and logic behind deviant behavior was explored. Gottfredson and Hirschi (1990) developed a general theory encompassing a wide range of crimes and their comparative characteristics and behaviors. Yet, it has been found that research into white-collar crime has produced an array of results. In this general theory of crime, it has been widely accepted that the same factors…

disparities among different races lead one to believe that the criminal justice system is colorblind. While that would be comforting, it is simply not the case. What these studies are not taking into account; other stages in the system, different crimes, the victim’s race, and extralegal variables make all the difference. When these variables are accounted for, it becomes abundantly clear that there is something very wrong within the justice system and may lead one to conclude that the studies…

The American Red Cross is in existence to aid those throughout the country by providing blood or services to those in need. Primarily, the organization operates through donations of both, time and money, which provides aide in five main areas: People affected by a disaster; Support for the military and their families; Collection, processing, and distribution of blood; Health and safety education; and International relief in time of crisis (American, 2015). The American Red Cross’s mission…

Doing this will save many jobs and businesses due to the death tax being repealed. His plan will increase the total number of entrepreneurs, investors, and jobs because of the decrease in capital gains and dividends taxes.Due to the abolishment of corporate taxes, there will likely cause an increase in the competitiveness of United States corporations and decrease the number of American jobs being outsourced. It will be easier for people who make a small amount of money to get out of poverty due…

Choice #1: Ethical Business Management Sometimes, in firms, the interest of the stockholders and that of management will diverge and misalign thereby resulting in mismanagement of the business. Such separation leads to what is known in the finance world as an agency problem. Moreover, one of the five principle foundations of finance is principle number five (5) which points out that a conflict of interest will cause this agency problem (Keown, Martin, & Petty, 2014). Presented is an analysis…

increase in company share translates to “positive performance” is void. Any increase in share price will improve the profits of the shareholder without analysis if the company’s performance is good or bad. Jensen and Murphy (para 2) contend that corporate executive compensation is virtually independent of performance and instead of administrators acting as value-maximizing entrepreneurs; they concentrate more on the bureaucratic side of business…

Eight Hidden Flaws in Strategy The article by Roxburgh uncovers a set of essential flaws in strategic management from the perspective of the behavioral economics. First, the author pinpoints the overconfidence. In the case of the need to start a new business, it might be useful, however, a person’s brain sometimes is overconfident in making decisions and assessments. For example, people tend to give narrow answers to rather precise questions like the River Nile length. Instead of giving an…