Sociology 3357F/G Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Petite Bourgeoisie, Corporate Crime, Bourgeoisie
14 Dec 2015
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Crime and deviance in the workplace notes chapter 3. Corporate crime both a major form of wcc and a specific form of organizational crime. Clinard and quinney definition offences committed by corporate officials for their corporation and the offences of the corporation itself . The historical development of the corporation and corporate crime. Corporations can be traced to back to roman times but western corporations didn"t begin to take shape until the european transition from feudalism to mercantilism. Trading corporations in the 17th and 18th century began harmful acts like devastation of native americans and slave trading to the new world. The industrial revolution of 18th and 19th century gave rise to powerful and wealthy capitalist organizations. These companies had little to no regulation, committed all kinds of wcc. Late 19th century early 20th century began the monopolistic practices of huge trusts and things like mergers, the formation of conglomerates and corporate takeovers.
