CRM 1001 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Corporate Crime, Love Canal, Caffeine
25 Jan 2017
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Cost difference: 3. 8 billion dollars for street crimes vs 300 billion dollars spent on corporate crime, victims: 16,000 annually for street crimes vs 56,000 annually for corporate crimes. Corporate crimes that can lead to death: medical malpractice, workplace injuries, tainted food/water. (cid:1009)(cid:1010),000 is a(cid:374) u(cid:374)der esti(cid:373)ate (cid:271)e(cid:272)ause it"d hard to deter(cid:373)i(cid:374)e the exa(cid:272)t (cid:272)auses of. Love canal death in certain scenarios: a small community in niagara falls suffered from a corporate crime that lead to illness and genetic defects within the residents. In the 1940s, toxic waste was buried in a small community. In the 70s, this was discovered and caused concern among the residents of love canal. The waste had been contaminating the surrounding community which caused health problems for the residents. There was not a lot of government support. The government relocated the part of the community that was closest to the area where the waste was located.
