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Corporate Crime
Also Known As Organizational Crime
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Illegal acts or omissions committed within a legitimate business organization as a result of deliberate decision making or culpable negligence, rather than by an individual acting alone. Edwin Sutherland's 1949 definition of white collar crime first argued for extending criminology to cover offending by respectable organizations and their agents.
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Corporate crime is offending by an organization itself; white collar crime, in Sutherlands original sense, is offending by an individual of high social status in the course of an occupation. The two overlap heavily and are often used loosely as synonyms.
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Sutherland's 1949 book White Collar Crime concentrated almost exclusively on corporate offenders specifically.
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1. Wikipedia: Corporate Crime
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Illegal acts or omissions, punishable by the state under administrative, civil or criminal law which are the result of deliberate decision making or culpable negligence within a legitimate formal organisation.
1. Wikipedia: Corporate Crime
Associated With: White Collar Crime, Criminalization sectionView the Source Sociology Group: Corporate Crimes, Definition, Types, Examples
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It is also known as white collar crime or organizational crime since the individuals commit crimes for the benefit of the organization.
Britannica: Corporate Crime
Informed By: Edwin Sutherland, History and origins sectionQuote, Informed By: Edwin Sutherland, History and origins section
The origins of the concept of corporate crime can be traced to the larger concept of white-collar crime, which was first introduced by American criminologist Edwin Sutherland. Sutherland later published a book titled White Collar Crime (1949), which concentrated almost exclusively on corporate crime.
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What is the difference between corporate crime and white collar crime?
Corporate crime is committed by a company or its agents for the benefit of the organization itself. White collar crime is a broader category generally committed against a company or the public for personal benefit. All corporate crime is white collar crime, but not all white collar crime is corporate.Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)
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