SOC 2070 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Rodney King, Oka Crisis, Corporate Crime

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 2070
• Professor: Norman Dubeski

Document Summary

-deviance that can only take place because of organizations. Individual misusing position in organization (abuse of trust or power) (going beyond goffman"s typology) Basic: deviance that can only take place in an organizational environment. Best: deviance by the organization, by people on its behalf. -usually has a segregated social audience (judged differently by those in and outside of organization) Collective group acting together (for the organization and themselves together) Embezzlement, all cover ups, sexual harassment, police torture, bribery, corporate crime, safety violations, racial profiling. Edwin sutherland in 1939 defined white collar crime, proposed its study using differential association but the real causes for organizational deviance are not individuals but aspects of the whole organization. Bernie madeoff embezzled 65 billion dollars over decades. -ran a ponzi scheme paying off initial investors with money from new investors. Crime by the corporation as an organization is corporate crime. -all corporate crime is white-collar, but not all white-collar crime is corporate.