Isabel Schoultz
Universitetslektor
From “We Didn’t Do It” to “We’ve Learned Our Lesson” : Development of a Typology of Neutralizations of Corporate Crime
Författare
Summary, in Swedish
When corporations are faced with accusations of crime, they usually find it necessary to justify their actions to the public, the media and their shareholders. Corporate self-defense, aimed at protecting a corporation’s image and legitimacy, belongs to a broader category of offenders’ denials and neutralizations. The objective of this article is to compile and discuss literature that is of value for an understanding of neutralizations of corporate crime and, by means of this literature and our own empirical studies on corporate denials, to outline a typology of corporate neutralizations. The typology distinguishes between a wide variety of corporate responses to allegations of crime and exemplifies how these techniques have been used. We also discuss the function of corporate neutralization techniques and argue that corporate accounts mediate action; they influence both other actors and future corporate actions.
Avdelning/ar
- Rättssociologiska institutionen
Publiceringsår
2020-12
Språk
Engelska
Sidor
739-757
Publikation/Tidskrift/Serie
Critical Criminology
Volym
28
Issue
4
Dokumenttyp
Artikel i tidskrift
Förlag
Springer
Ämne
- Law and Society
- Business Administration
Status
Published
ISBN/ISSN/Övrigt
- ISSN: 1205-8629