SOC208H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Anomie
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Organizational deviance behaviours that result from institutionalized values and beliefs. within an organization there is a culture which impacts understandings, choices, actions outcomes. the structure forces within an organization can lead to events that would not have happened otherwise. Christmas callous calculus under certain circumstances people in organizations do not see their decisions are consequential so they normalize deviant behaviour. Organizational structure - resistance to regulation and stigma arising from misconduct organizational process top-down pressure may encourage misconduct people in power influence leaders become moral agents role models emulated by others. Dynamic explanations relationship with regulators by individuals minimize detecting micro organization processes and characteristics provide opportunity- meso completive environment creates pressure macro organizational climate aggressive fast-paced industries, hostile towards regulation, profit-at-all-cots, corporate culture leads to crime. Organizational earnings/oversight: ceos compensation often time short-term earnings manipulate earnings to increase compensation more likely to commit crime.
