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Drawing on both theory and major case studies, this book provides a much-needed sociological and comparative analysis of the world of the manager in the context of misconduct within business organizations. Organizational misbehaviour and crime have been relatively neglected in the social sciences, particularly in business studies. Analyses have tended to be fragmentary, overly slanted towards narrow external views - such as those of legal control and public policy - and predominantly North American. Dirty Business rectifies this by offering a broad sociological perspective related to work, organizations and management, supported by a range of key international case studies. In developing his arguments, Maurice Punch
Ten Cases of Corporate Deviance
Ten Cases of Corporate Deviance
Case No. 1: The Goodrich Brake Scandal
But bills aren't paid with personal satisfaction, nor house payments with ethical principles.
This, next to that of the Ford Pinto, is probably one of the most widely used cases in business schools because of its value in highlighting group dynamics, responsibility, ethics, and the contrasting frameworks in which managers and professionals operate in an organization. And this was a decision that potentially endangered human lives. As such it presents us with the quintessential double-bind predicament; you are damned if you do and you are damned if you do not. It is a predicament that recurs in many cases and that effectively poses the ...
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