Wealth by stealth
Subtitle: corporate crime, corporate law, and the perversion of democracy
By: Harry Glasbeek.
Publisher: Between the Lines
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Toronto
Language: eng
Number of pages: 370
Subjects: Commercial crimes -- Canada.; Corporations -- Corrupt practices -- Canada.; Corporate power -- Canada.; Business and politics -- Canada.; Corporation law -- Canada.; Social responsibility of business -- Canada.; Entreprises -- Pratiques déloyales -- Canada.; Pouvoir économique -- Canada.; Affaires et politique -- Canada.; Entreprises -- Responsabilité sociale -- Canada.
Description: "How is it that corporations are able to behave irresponsibly, criminally, and undemocratically? Wealth by Stealth is a scathing introduction to the operations of the modern corporation, written by a corporate lawyer. Many writers point to the growth of undemocratic corporate power. Glasbeek takes these observations further and outlines clearly how corporations become so powerful. He also shows how they are able to act without regard to the behaviour and laws governing citizens and other groups. Glasbeek is known by generations of students for his brilliant, funny lectures at Osgoode Hall Law School. With Wealth by Stealth his informative critique of corporate behaviour becomes available and accessible to all. How is it 'The corporation makes them do it'? Harry Glasbeek is Professor Emeritus and Senior Scholar at Osgoode Hall Law School, York University, Toronto. He has written and taught on corporate law, corporate social responsibility, and corporate criminality"--Publisher description.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references: p. 336-357.
Includes index.