White Collar Critical Thinkings Samples For Students

Introduction

While many certainly agree that white collar crime presents serious legal issues the sociological implications, regarding deviant behavior, is not always obvious. No discussion inspires a proper balance for analysis without a relevant definition of our terms. According to a ‘Sociology’ glossary, published by the McGraw-Hill Higher Education (2014) group deviance is defined as “Behavior that violates the standards of conduct or expectations of a group or society.” The same glossary defines the concept or theory ‘anomie’ as a Durkheim term for “the loss of direction felt in a society when social control of individual behavior has become ineffective” (“Sociology Glossary,” 2014). In an effort ...

White collar crimes are increasing from time to time. This is as a result of increased self centered interests of professional as well as lack of respect to code of conducts and ethical requirement. It is one of crimes which controlled easily due to many forms and complex applications which take place in many cases. Different professional have different approached when it comes to white collar crime. It differs from one industry to the other, but there are some similarities between similar departments. There are similar patterns for example, when it comes to crimes in the same industry, despite the ...

Introduction

Pragmatically, the deviant behaviour of white-collar criminals provides students of sociology a different exploration of how human nature works in clandestine operations in plain view. Society, at least superficially does not suspect a so-called white-collar individual of criminal behaviour in general, as stereotypes tend to lead people’s thoughts in the direction one way or another. While, the dishevelled, unkempt, anti-social “looking” individual exists as suspect of deviant behaviour by his/her mere appearance including labelled as a criminal in some regards, the white collar individual stands in society appearance wise as an upstanding citizen (Goode 2008).

Historically, the concept of white collar is not so new:

Edwin Sutherland created the concept of ...

Introduction

Satyam limited, which is a Nasdaq-listed company, is one of the largest Global IT services firm. It has a portfolio of Major American and Australian companies such as Coca Cola, Citigroup, Telstra and Quantas.

The former chairman of the company, Ramalinga Raju admitted he had been tampering with the books of accounts. The company had been experiencing losses which he was covering up to reflect that the company was making a profit. He shockingly revealed that 94% of the cash and other assets, amounting to US$1 Billion, of the company did not exist. There was also the pressure from the market ...

The rational choice theory is of the opinion that an individual acts by weighing the costs and benefits brought about by an action at the end through the use of personal advantage. As far as crime is concerned, the theory assumes that the rational decisions made by criminals to engage in any crime are made through the revision of all outcomes and possibilities. The outcomes depend on the benefits the criminals get by committing these crimes. Criminals do however consider the consequences of their actions, such as imprisonment and tread with care in the process of committing a crime. The ...

How being poor might increase the chances of engaging in crime

People have different reasons for engaging in criminal activities. Among the numerous reasons for crime is the desire by the criminals to earn a living. The state of being poor can push on into criminal activity. It is only the degree and the manner in which one is inculcated into crime that differs. Poor people lack the ability to afford basic and tertiary needs. These needs, some of which are essential for survival, may push people into criminal activity. This happens mostly in developing countries where welfare programs are not sufficiently running for the provision of basic services to the ...

White collar is one of the famous series not only in America but also in different parts of the world, which premiered on October 23, 2009. The story revolves around the wits of a young man, Neal Caffrey, who has a criminal record with the FBI. He has been involved in crimes such as forgery, theft/robbery besides being a con man. The first part of the series begins with the main character, Neal, being held in a prison for the crimes that he had committed. However, it does not take long before he figures out a way to escape from the prison. He uses ...

Abstract

Business ethics is a form professional ethics that addresses moral problems that arise in business environments. Ethics in business encompass avoiding breaking the law, avoiding actions that may result in legal suits being filed against the business and avoiding actions that may damage the image of the company. The scandals that rocked several American companies in early 2000, revealed rampant self-dealing, mismanagement, erroneous accounting procedures and other unethical business practices. In an attempt to restore investor confidence, congress initiated the Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) Act in 2002. This paper seeks to critically analyze the business ethics issues as contained in the SOX ...