Charting corporate corruption : agency structure and escalation In the post Enron era corporate corruption is increasingly on the research agenda. This informative book provides a novel approach by charting the causes of corruption. It demonstrates how agency (decisions and choices of individuals) and structure (the contextual pressures in the business environment) can interact to result in the rapid escalation of corporate crime. By analyzing and describing the social psychological dimensions of this escalation the book will be effective in creating preventive measures that can be designed and implemented in business organizations 1. Bad apple approaches to organizational corruption 2. Rationalization self deception and corruption 3. When giants stumble : agency rationalization and the ruin of barings bank 4. Bad barrel perspectives on corporate corruption 5. Environmental pressures towards corruption 6. Structure and the 2002 accounting scandals 7. The escalation of corruption in organizations 9. Conclusion : individuals organizations and the political economy of the firm