CCJ 3014 Lecture Notes - Lecture 21: Business Ethics, Anomie, Corporate Crime
24 Jul 2018
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Diane vaughan explains crime in the business world with the: standard theory of amoral calculation: define risks as manageable and the risks acceptable even though they are not. Typified by a pattern in which signals of potential danger are repeatedly normalized: theory of the normalization of deviance. Vaughan uncovered the process whereby managers and employees evolve ways of making decisions that unknowingly lead them, step by step over time, to deny that a hazard exists (space shuttle challenger) Scholars have argued that anomie is rampant in many business organizations. Goal attainment becomes preeminent and there is a lack of concern for legitimate means. Little attention is paid to business ethics and legal compliance. Have developed "an opportunity perspective" for the explanation of white-collar crime. Benson and simpson: a criminal opportunity involves two components: an attractive target, absence of a capable guardian.
