CCJ 314 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: White-Collar Crime, Product Placement, False Advertising
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Wall street: first version of wall street, white-collar crime. How movies get money: many movies now will have inmove advertising (product placement) If making a controversial movie and no sponsor is willing to risk being associated with it. If they do not have any holding in the area. If there is little resemblance to any real case and the details are very vague. If the information is public record so they cannot be sued. If the topic is very hot and they will get many people to see it and maybe win awards. If the film puts more emphasis on other types of crimes. If the organization is not the actual villain, just bad employees. Insider trading: stock manipulation, misuse of trust funds, environmental pollution, unsafe working conditions, bribery, kickbacks, trade monopolies, unsafe consumer goods, fraud by professionals, price fixing, price gouging, false advertising, corporate violence.