Corruption in Commercial Enterprise: Law, Theory and Practice [Hardcover]

This edited collection analyses, from multiple disciplinary perspectives, the issue of corruption in commercial enterprise across different sectors and jurisdictions. Corruption is commonly recognised as a major social bad, and is seriously harmful to society, in terms of the functioning and legitimacy of political-economic systems, and the day-to-day lives of individuals.

There is nothing novel about bribes in brown envelopes and dubious backroom deals, ostensibly to grease the wheels of business. Corrupt practices like these go to the very heart of illicit transacting in both legal markets  such as kickbacks to facilitate contracts in international commerce  and illegal markets  such as payoffs to public officials to turn a blind eye to cross-border smuggling. Aside from the apparent pervasiveness and longevity of corruption in commercial enterprise, there is now renewed policy and operational attention on the phenomenon, prompting and meriting deeper analysis.

Corruption in commercial enterprise, encompassing behaviours often associated with corporate and white-collar crime, and corruption in criminal commercial enterprise, where we see corruption central to organised crime activities, are major public policy issues. This collection gives us insight into their nature, organisation and governance, and how to respond most appropriately and effectively.

Introduction: Liz Campbell and Nicholas Lord, Corruption in commercial enterprise: an introduction ;  1: Mark Findlay, Corruption as business across market contexts ;  2. Jay S. Albanese, When corruption and organised crime overlap: an empirical hierarchy of corrupt conduct ;  3. Kenneth Murray, Unfair advantage: the corruptive influence of criminal money on legitimate markets ;  4. Rose Broad and Nicholas Lord, Corruption as a facilitator of human trafficking: lcØ