The dark reality of what really happened behind the bright lights and sounds of the casino floor. Crown is a case study in a decaying corporate culture with celebrities, former politicians, corporate governance failures, tax dodges, and casino junkets tailor-made for colourful gambling identities. It exposes the tricks used by Crown, one of ......
An expert and accessible exploration of the scale and impact of global tax avoidance. From corporate to individual tax abuse, it explains why this is such an important issue, and what we can do change it. There is increasing public anger over tax injustice. From multinational companies to wealthy elites. In a post-pandemic recession, these issues are getting more media and academic coverage, too. There's increasing debate about non-dom individuals, wealth tax, offshore havens etc. Research and activism on this isn't new, but it's becoming more mainstream and more visible. International bodies like the UN and World Bank are engaging with it, and across the social sciences it's being explored in connection not just to public policy or CSR, but to extreme national and international inequality, to climate crisis, and to colonialism.
An expert and accessible exploration of the scale and impact of global tax avoidance. From corporate to individual tax abuse, it explains why this is such an important issue, and what we can do change it. There is increasing public anger over tax injustice. From multinational companies to wealthy elites. In a post-pandemic recession, these issues are getting more media and academic coverage, too. There's increasing debate about non-dom individuals, wealth tax, offshore havens etc. Research and activism on this isn't new, but it's becoming more mainstream and more visible. International bodies like the UN and World Bank are engaging with it, and across the social sciences it's being explored in connection not just to public policy or CSR, but to extreme national and international inequality, to climate crisis, and to colonialism.
White-Collar Crime: A Text/Reader incorporates contemporary and classic readings (some including policy implications) accompanied by original text that provides a theoretical framework and context for students. This comprehensive book covers topics including crimes by workers in sales-oriented systems; crimes in the health care system; crimes by criminal justice professionals and politicians; crimes in the educational system; crimes in the economic and technological systems; crimes by employees in the housing industry; corporate crime; environmental crime; explanations of white-collar crime; and the police and court responses to white-collar crime.
