The Corporate Criminal: Why Corporations Must Be Abolished

This book interrogates the concept of corporate 'personhood' to understand the nature of corporate criminality and the prospects for more effective corporate control. Linking debates in criminology to broader claims around corporate social responsibility, it provides an understanding of the key ideas that explain the role of the corporation in the global economy.

Drawing upon a wide range of sources of empirical evidence, historical analysis and theoretical argument, this book shows beyond any doubt that the private, profit-making, corporation is a habitual and routine offender.　 The book dissects the myth that the corporation can be a rational, responsible, ''citizen''.　 It shows how in its present form, the corporation is permitted, licensed and encouraged to systematically kill, maim and steal for profit.　　 Corporations are constructed through law and politics in ways that impel them to cause harm to people and the environment.　 In other words, criminality is part of the DNA of the modern corporation.　 Therefore, the authors argue, the corporation cannot be easily reformed.　 The only feasible solution to this ''crime'' problem is to abolish the legal and political privileges that enable the corporation to act with impunity.

• | Author: David Whyte, Steve Tombs
• | Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• | Publication Date: Apr 07, 2015
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• | Binding: Paperback / softback
• | ISBN-13: 9780415556378
• | ISBN-10: 0415556376