Title: Cheats at work : an anthropology of workplace crime /
Authors: Mars, Gerald.
Publisher: Dartmouth,
Year: 1994
Subjects: White collar crimes.; Commercial crimes.; Business anthropology.
Contents: Foreword / James Cornford -- Preface / Mary Douglas -- Introduction: Cheats at Work -- 1. A Classification of Occupations and their Associated Fiddles -- 2. Hawk Jobs. The Small Businessman's Story. Slipping the Organisation's Yoke. Time and its Manipulation. Time, Time Investment and Personal Ratings. Status and Statelessness. Moonlighters and Breakaways -- 3. Donkey Jobs. The Supermarket Checkout Girl's Story. Time-Cycles and Rule-Bending. Speeding Up and Slowing Down. False Collusion. Repetition and Excess. Sabotage and Control -- 4. Wolfpack Jobs. The Dustcart Crew. Dock Pilferage. Access and Support. Group Controls on Limits -- 5. Vulture Jobs. The Speciality Salesman of Photocopying Machines. Training for Vulture Fiddlers. Co-operation and Competition. Scapegoats, Crackdowns and Cycles of Control. The Trained Vulture -- 6. Fiddle Factors and Fiddle-Proneness. Passing Trade. Exploiting Expertise. Gatekeepers. Triadic Occupations. Special Efforts/Skills. Control Systems. Ambiguity.