SOC208H5 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Counterculture, Utility, Solar Irradiance
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Anomie lack of standards regarding behavior in specific areas of social. Conflict of standards conflict between social groups with reference to. Passed from one generation of executives and employees to the next action specific practices. A sense of normlessness or lack of regulation in society. Cultural emphasis on wealth and material success permeates all levels of the class structure and shapes both individual and corporate behaviour. Deviance is natural and must be controlled by external social forces or internal predispositions. The more strongly an executive is attached to other executives, coworkers, the less likely the executive is to commit white-collar crime. The more strongly the executive is committed to corporate lines of action, the lower the frequency. The more strongly the executive is involved in corporate activity, the lower the frequency. The more strongly the executive believes in the rules of the corporation, the lower the frequency of white-collar crime.
