CC100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 59: White-Collar Crime, Regulatory Capture, Environment And Climate Change Canada
Document Summary
Not just police, see how we enforce it in canada. A theory of corruption whereby regulatory bodies in a sector advance the private interests of the actors they regulate over the public interest. A non-criminal penalty issues by a regulatory body without court approval for the violation of law it administers. Dependent on government inspectors: cutbacks & complaint based, inspectors wait until there is a complaint filed before they inspect. Corporations: security strategies, screening & education strategies, whistle-blowing strategies. Rcmp: tends to focus more on organized crime rather than white collar crime, exception when they intersect. Multi-jurisdictional: municipal, provincial, federal police, rcmp, competition bureau, cra, environment canada, health canada, canada food inspection agency. Economic incentives to obey the law: white collar crimes, rewards based on compliance. Problems with compliance: ineffective deregulation, pro-business government, penalties seen as a business cost (passed on to consumer, this is the cost of the business, consumers end up paying for them to break the law.
