Main description:

This book presents the results of an international comparative study on the causes of rule deviation in business and medical organizations. Based on document and interview analyses as well as experiments, the discrepancy between (state) regulations and organizational practice is elaborated and discussed in an interdisciplinary perspective. On the basis of the distinction between organizational and individual deviance, it could be shown across national boundaries that the unwritten rules of the organization make a decisive contribution in explaining organizational wrongdoing, as well as their containment. Implications for effective prevention derived from this are also pointed out.

Contents:

How to Explain and Fight Organizational Crime.- How to Analyze Organizational Crime.- The Development of the German Criminal Regulations against Corruption in the Public Sector.- The Development of German Criminal Law against Corruption in the Private Sector.- German Corruption Cases Reflected in Criminal Files.- Compliance, Integrity, and Prevention in the Corporate Sector.- Limits of Formal Regulation.- Experimental Corruption Research in Germany.- The German Organ Transplant Scandal.- Decision-making Processes of Physicians after the Organ Donation Scandal in Germany.- In Search of Organizational Crime in the U.S.- Formal Rules and Institutional Increments in Brazil.- Organizational Crime in Brazil.- The Anti-corruption Mindset of Brazilian Law Enforcers.- New Laws and Law Enforcement to Fight against Bribery in China.- Detected Cases of Bribery in China.- Companies as Responsible Actors and Corporate Citizens.- The Puzzling Resilience of Organizational Wrongdoing.