ABSTRACT
Corporate crime involves violations of laws, statutes, and regulatory standards affecting corporations for corporate profit and not for the sake of personal gain by an individual (or groups of individuals) working for the corporation. This chapter looks at the criminal careers of the executives and top-level managers who make policies and decisions for the corporation. The criminal law alone does not assure adequate corporate compliance if those corporations that are controlled exercise political influence over regulatory agencies and courts. What is needed is increased oversight over the corporations by the public.
