Corporate Corruption

Corporate Corruption

by Sarah Armstrong
Corporate Corruption

Corporate Corruption

by Sarah Armstrong

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Overview

Twelve detailed essays were assembled by editor Sarah Armstrong, to help students obtain a balanced understanding of corporate corruption. Students will read whether global efforts against corruption are working, whether corporate profiteering is a source of environmental violence, and whether corporate rights work against the individual's rights.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780737773651
Publisher: Greenhaven Publishing LLC
Publication date: 02/11/2016
Series: At Issue Series: Social Issues
Edition description: 2nd ed.
Pages: 104
Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.30(d)
Age Range: 15 - 17 Years

Table of Contents

Introduction 7

1 Global Efforts to Fight Corruption Are Not Working Frank Vogl 12

2 Creating a Culture of Integrity Can Mitigate Corporate Corruption Harriet Kemp 17

3 Corporate Executives Should Be Paid Less Margaret Heffernan 21

4 Wall Street Executives Deserve Their Big Bonuses Alan Pyke 25

5 Globalization Has Benefitted Corporations but Hurt Workers Robert McGarvey 28

6 Global Corporations Are More Powerful than Many Governments Andrew Gavin Marshall 32

7 Global Corporations Profit from Climate Destruction Philippa de Boissière et al. 39

8 Corporate Profiteering Is the Source of Environmental Violence Chris Williams 53

9 AIG, Greed, and Legislative Stupidity Jeb Golinkin 63

10 Government Policies, Not Greed, Caused the Financial Crisis Norbert J. Michel 68

11 Corporate Rights Endanger People's Constitutional Rights Ron Fein 73

12 Corporate Rights Do Not Endanger People's Constitutional Rights Kenneth Bennight 76

Organizations to Contact 80

Bibliography 89

Index 96

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