Corporate Compliance and Conformity: A Convenience Theory Approach to Executive Deviance

Traditional control in organizations is top-down, but this book takes a new approach by focusing on control of executives who find white-collar crime convenient. It emphasizes the organizational challenges involved in compliance work when trusted corporate officials exhibit deviant behavior and provides an insight into professional conduct and procedural practice.

Format: Hardback
Length: 236 pages
Publication date: 10 March 2023
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

In traditional organizational settings, control has often been approached from a top-down perspective, where executives strive to direct the attention, behaviors, and performance of their employees toward aligning with the organization's goals and objectives. However, this book takes a novel approach by flipping the problem of control on its head. It focuses specifically on the control of executives who find white-collar crime to be a convenient means to achieve their personal or organizational objectives.

The bottom-up approach to executive compliance emphasizes organizational measures aimed at making white-collar crime less appealing to potential offenders. It departs from the conventional focus on regulatory formalities and staged procedures of compliance and audits. Instead, it delves into the complex challenges that arise when trusted corporate officials engage in deviant behavior, refining, and advancing knowledge in this field through reference to contemporary international case studies and associated original evaluative research.

The themes and cases covered in this book are carefully selected to provide the reader with an insightful understanding of professional conduct and procedural practices. It explores the organization of corporate compliance success, failure, and corruption, placing the theory of convenience at the forefront. What sets this book apart from other books on corporate compliance is its unique bottom-up approach, applied through the lens of convenience theory.

This book is a valuable resource for scholars and upper-level students engaged in research and study in the fields of business administration, organizational behavior, corporate and white-collar crime, business ethics, and auditing. It offers a comprehensive examination of the issues and challenges associated with executive control and compliance, providing insights into the complex dynamics of corporate misconduct and the strategies employed to prevent and address it.

Weight: 610g
Dimension: 234 x 156 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781032459080