Corruption in corporate America
Subtitle: who is responsible? : who will protect the public interest?
By: Abraham L. Gitlow.
Edition: 2nd ed.
Publisher: University Press of America
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Lanham, MD
Language: eng
Number of pages: 230
ISBN-13: 9780761838111; 9780761838128
Subjects: Business ethics -- United States.; Corporations -- Corrupt practices -- United States.; Corporate governance -- Moral and ethical aspects -- United States.
Description: "Modern capitalism and political freedom rest on concepts of conscience and morality, and abhor concentrations of unbridled power. In America, that economic and political system developed mechanisms designed to check and balance such power. Despite those mechanisms, corporate America developed too many imperial chief executives who abused their power by engaging in a fraudulent and self-serving pursuit of wealth and perquisites. This edition deals with how this happened, how the system responded, and actions that could minimize the danger of its recurrence."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.