Designed to break: planned obsolescence as corporate environmental crime

Planned obsolescence is the practice of deliberately designing products to limit their life span to encourage replacement. It is a common business strategy for consumer goods, with far-reaching ecological and social consequences. Here, we examine the definition, causes and consequences of planned ob...

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Main Author: Bisschop, Lieselot (Author)
Contributors: Hendlin, Yogi Hale ; Jaspers, Jelle David
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2022
In: Crime, law and social change
Year: 2022, Volume: 78, Issue: 3, Pages: 271-293
Online Access: Volltext (kostenfrei)
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Keywords:
Circular economy
Electronic waste
Elektronikschrott
Environmental Crime
Kreislaufwirtschaft
Obsoleszenz
Planned obsolescence
Umweltkriminalität
Wirtschaftskriminalität
corporate crime
white-collar crime