Essays on White Collar Crime

An important topic in today’s business world is white-collar crime. This can include a number of certain illegal actions, but within the financial sector, insider trading is prominent. Insider trading includes illegal buying and selling of securities as well as legal conduct. Corporate employees are...

In 1939, the phrase “white-collar crime” was coined by American sociologist Edwin Sutherland to define the illegal acts perpetrated both by individuals and organizations of higher statuses while operating in a legitimate occupation. In general, white-collar crimes are non-violent crime which are committed mostly in...

A crime is described as an action or failure to act, which results into an injury to a person and is sanctioned by the state. They are also known as offences. These are happenings that are forbidden by law and punishable if committed. In contrast...

Introduction A corporate abuse means change or concealment of sensitive information and makes it look normal. There are various modus-operandi to commit corporate abuse such as miss-information in the prospectus, manipulation of accounting books, breach of fiduciary duties vested on the director(s), tax evasion, insider...

The Madoff’s have gone down in history as one family that will be talked about in the American business circle and indeed the wider society for a long time to come, they masterminded one of the biggest Ponzi schemes ever known in modern history. Bernard...

“White collar crime is the cleanest of all crimes, but nevertheless it is still considered a high priority in the legal business (FBI).” For the most part I think that the three theories we learned this week are able to categorize white collar crimes quite...