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White-collar crimes cost the United States more than $300 billion annually according to the FBI. White-collar crimes are fraud, bankruptcy fraud, bribery, insider trading, embezzlement, computer crime, medical crime, public corruption, identity theft, environmental crime, pension fund crime, RICO crimes, consumer fraud, occupational crime, securities fraud, financial fraud, and forgery. The tools of the trade are paperwork or through the computer. performed by using paperwork or computers .White collar crimes go largely undetected.
In 1939 Edwin H. Sutherland (1893–1950), a sociologist of the symbolic interactionist school, first used the phrase white-collar criminal in a December 27, 1939 speech to the American Sociological Association. In his 1949, he defined white-collar crime as "approximately as a crime committed by a person of respectability and high social status in the course of his occupation." Symbolic interactionism, a sociological perspective, examines the creation of personal identity through individual and group interactions, and relationships. Sutherland defined the Differential Association Theory, to explain how deviants learn motivation and technical knowledge for deviant or criminal activity. Sutherland embraced the Interactionist Theory of Deviance, focusing on how people learn to be criminals. He believes criminal behavior is learned from interpersonal interaction with others. Hamer v. Sidway, a classic 19th century Contracts Law case, is an introduction to how the Socratic method works in a first year Contracts Law class in law school. Types and Schemes of White Collar Crime White Collar Crime White-collar crime is not a classic, clear-cut case of deviance. NW3C (National White Collar Crime Center) The mission of NW3C is to provide a nationwide support system for agencies involved in the prevention, investigation, and prosecution of economic and high-tech crimes and to support and partner with other appropriate entities in addressing homeland security initiatives, as they relate to economic and high-tech crimes. The Sociological Origins of "White-Collar Crime Office for Victims of Crime - White Collar Crime Information for Victims and Witnesses Who Report Fraud Crimes How to Deter White-Collar Crime Enron's rise and fall. The Collapse of Enron: A Bibliography of Online Legal, Government and Legislative Resources
Fighting Corporate and Government Wrongdoing: A Research Guide to International and U.S. Federal Laws on White-Collar Crime and Corruption For more government crime and justice agencies, see Government Agencies From intelligence failures to prison-abuse scandals, NPR's Neal Conan leads a discussion on what happens when the government tries to investigate itself. White-collar crime Wex law learning Cracking Down on Corporate Crime A dozen reforms from Ralph Nader Corruption -- Any agreement between parties to in violation of the Public Trust for profit or gain in either the private or public sector. Interpol Group of Experts on Corruption The Rip-off Report is the consumer reporting web site to enter complaints about companies and individuals ripping people off. All complaints remain public to create a working history for that company, unedited. Unlike the Better Business Bureau, Rip-off ReportT does not hide reports of "satisfied" complaints. Forensic Services Division -- Secret Service Forensic Services Division (FSD) provides analysis for documents, fingerprints, false identification, credit cards. Spotlight on Corporations -- Publishes corporate wrongdoing neglected by press, or suppressed by corporate cover-up efforts. Challenging Corporate Abuse -- Exposing life-threatening abuses by transnational corporations and campaigns to hold corporations accountable. The Corporate Tax Break -- A federal appeals court made it easier for corporations to use tax shelters, even if those shelters have no purposes other than tax avoidance. The Stake holder Alliance -- Seeks to make the corporate system responsible to all stake holders and return to their original public purpose. The Center for Study of Responsive Law -- A Ralph Nader organization conducts research and educational projects to encourage political, economic and social institutions to be aware of the needs of the consumer. Fitting a punishment to white-collar crime - White Collar crime rarely prompts outrage or draws lengthy prison sentences. It's perpetrators are often community leaders. Yet financial crimes devastate an entire community. Their impact lasts for years, stealing crucial services or a lifetime's savings.
Greg Palast is an international expert investigator of corporate fraud and racketeering. For Chugach Natives of Alaska, he unearthed the doctored safety records that proved the Exxon Valdez disaster was not an accident. In Chicago, he bargained contracts for the United Steelworkers Union, in Peru he helped found a consumer rights organization. Carlyle's Way -- Made a mint inside "the iron triangle" of defense, government and industry. Transfixed as 9-11 unfolded. Present the annual investor conference were former secretary of defense, Frank Carlucci, former secretary of state, James Baker III, and representatives of the bin Laden family. Slate's Guide to the Martha Stewart Trial Financial Crimes Division -- The Secret Service investigates crimes associated with financial institutions. This includes bank fraud, access device fraud, telecommunications, computer crimes, fraudulent identification, fraudulent securities and electronic funds transfer fraud. Financial Angels? -- Beware of offers by firms that offer credit deals that sound too good to be true. Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) is bringing people and information together to fight money laundering. Financial Scandals A Guide with Links to Information Sources Each year 6000 Americans lose their lives on the job. Tens of thousands more are seriously injured or exposed to deadly poisons and carcinogens. If one workers dies on the job due to a disregard for federal safety regulations, the maximum penalty the employer faces is 6 months in prison. The Center for Insurance Research -- An independent voice for reform in insurance, banks, financial services companies and related public policy issues. The Decline and Fall of Lloyd's of London Disaster-related Frauds Continue -- Con artists are exploiting Sept. 11 terrorist attacks to bilk people. A private brand of civil justice without laws, juries or constitutional rights is stripping the public of its right to a day in court. The Association of Certified Fraud Examiners -- An international organization dedicated to fighting fraud and white-collar crime. 17 business scams to avoid at all costs. The Poor Still Pay More The National Consumer Law Center (NCLC) report that business crime, fraud and abuse are thriving on the backs of poor Americans. 257-year-old Sotheby's auction house chairman and primary shareholder, multimillionaire Albert Taubman, 77 is charged with colluding with Christie's to fix commissions and cheat customers. The Center for Health, Environment and Justice -- CHEJ believes in environmental justice, that people have the right to a clean and healthy environment. Toxic Secrecy -- Makers and users of vinyl chloride concealed the terrible truth: The chemical can cause cancer. The Center For Auto Safety - Consumers Union and Ralph Nader founded the Center for Auto Safety (CAS) in 1970 to provide consumers a voice for auto safety and quality and to help lemon owners fight back across the country. CAS has taken on the auto giants and won for consumers. The International Association for the Study of Organized Crime (IASOC) is a professional association of criminologists, researchers, working professionals, teachers, and students promoting understanding and research about organized crime in all its manifestations. Organized Crime in North America and the World: A Bibliography January 6, 2006 Kari & Associates |
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Fortune's Formula: The Untold Story of the Scientific Betting System That Beat the Casinos and Wall Street William Poundstone--In 1956 two Bell Labs scientists discovered the formula for getting rich. One was mathematician Claude Shannon, neurotic father of our digital age, whose genius is ranked with Einstein's. The other was John Kelly, Jr., a Texas-born, gun-toting physicist. Together they applied the science of information theory--the basis of computers and the Internet--to making as much money as possible, as fast as possible. Reefer Madness: Sex, Drugs, and Cheap Labor in the American Black Market by Eric Schlosser The underground economy comprises 10% or more of America's economy, and it's on the rise. Schlosser finds its roots in the ingenuity, greed, idealism, and hypocrisy by focusing on marijuana, the nation's largest cash crop; pornography, whose greatest beneficiaries include Fortune 100 companies; and illegal migrant workers. Schlosser traces: how tycoons and gangsters rise and fall, how new technology shapes a market, how government intervention reinvigorates black and mainstream markets, and how big business profits from the underground. Vesco: From Wall Street to Castro's Cuba, the Rise, Fall, and Exile of the King of White Collar Crime Superhighway Robbery: Crime Prevention and E-Commerce by Ronald V. Clarke, Graeme Newman The Rip: True Stories of Stock Brokerage Corruption by Bret Aita -- A former broker exposes an ethically twisted, brutal, and cutthroat culture rife with fraud and deception to hustle a trusting public, and victors' spoils include cash, booze, drugs, and sex. Nick, a drug-fueled closer snorts lines of cocaine while selling clients on the latest hot stock; Carlos rewards his top brokers with prostitutes; Nathan, whose activities came under FBI scrutiny after the September 11 attacks; and Dave, who hires strippers as sales assistants. Fraud Examination and Prevention by W. Steve Albrecht -- This teaches companies how to reduce fraud losses and eliminate future frauds. Fraud detection, warning signs, technology tools, investigation techniques, financial statement screening, risk in e-commerce, proactive fraud risk and more. The Biggest Secret: The Book That Will Change the World by David Icke
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James Stewart, investigates Michael Eisner and the Walt Disney Company. He explains how America's most admired businesses, stumbled amidst egos, personalities, and bad business decisions. Eisner's early successes rejuvenating Disney's live-action movie franchise and theme parks, the modern animation era with The Lion King and Beauty and the Beast, and the executive talent. .Eisner had an eye for creative content as an executive at ABC and Pixar.
Eisner's feuds with Dreamworks founder Jeffrey Katzenberg, his chief aide for nearly two decades, and Michael Ovitz, the superagent.. Stewart portrays Eisner as creative, funny, charming, devious, and dishonest. a grasping, self-centered, manipulative, and self-destructive executive. Eisner's erratic attitude towards paying severance to former employees. The overreach of projects like Euro Disney, and passed up opportunities like Lord of the Rings, Sopranos, and Survivor. Beyond the entertainment, this book presents a scathing portrait of Disney's captive board of directors and what happens without proper CEO oversight. 
Conspiracy of Fools: A True Story. 
