White-collar crime in modern England: financial fraud and business morality, 1845-1929

In the period between the 1840s and the 1920s the British economy was transformed, from small-scale capitalism dominated by individual traders and partnerships to a complex financial structure dominated by large, joint-stock companies. The tremendous growth of big business created a world of new opp...

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Autor principal: Robb, George (Autor)
Tipo de documento: Electrónico Libro
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge Cambridge University Press 1992
En:Año: 1992
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Sumario:In the period between the 1840s and the 1920s the British economy was transformed, from small-scale capitalism dominated by individual traders and partnerships to a complex financial structure dominated by large, joint-stock companies. The tremendous growth of big business created a world of new opportunities for criminal exploitation. The promotion and management of public companies and the trading of commercial securities proved vulnerable to the white-collar crimes of fraud and embezzlement. Problems of financial fraud were exacerbated by a climate of laissez-faire which championed the most permissive commercial legislation in the world, and white-collar crime wreaked havoc on the modern British economy. This new book examines the spread of white-collar crime from the Victorian period to the early twentieth century and offers a new perspective on modern scandals
Introduction: White-collar crime and the criminal "upperworld" -- 1. The new economy: transformation of finance and opportunities for crime -- 2. The Railway Mania -- 3. Banking and credit fraud -- 4. Stock fraud -- 5. Company fraud: promotion -- 6. Company fraud: management -- 7. Company law and the courts -- 8. Business ethics and professionalization -- Conclusion: Final considerations
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Descripción Física:1 Online-Ressource (250 pages), digital, PDF file(s)
ISBN:9780511522789
DOI:10.1017/CBO9780511522789