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The Convenience of White-Collar Crime in Business

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Authors:
  1. Petter Gottschalk

    1. Department of Leadership & Org Behavior, BI Norwegian Business School, Oslo, Norway

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  • Outlines the theory of convenience for white-collar crime to explain what motivates and enables offenders

  • Addresses a business audience by focusing on themes familiar to corporations

  • Documents attitudes towards white-collar crime among business students, future business leaders, and convicted offenders

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Table of contents (11 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
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  2. Convenience Orientation

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    Pages 1-16

  3. Economical Motive

    • Petter Gottschalk
    Pages 17-34

  4. Organizational Opportunity

    • Petter Gottschalk
    Pages 35-58

  5. Personal Willingness

    • Petter Gottschalk
    Pages 59-74

  6. Convenience Triangle

    • Petter Gottschalk
    Pages 75-92

  7. White-Collar Crime

    • Petter Gottschalk
    Pages 93-127

  8. Historical Evolution

    • Petter Gottschalk
    Pages 129-149

  9. White-Collar Convenience

    • Petter Gottschalk
    Pages 151-198

  10. White-Collar Research

    • Petter Gottschalk
    Pages 199-238

  11. Whistleblower Case

    • Petter Gottschalk
    Pages 239-250

  12. Fraud Examination Reports

    • Petter Gottschalk
    Pages 251-265

  13. Back Matter

    Pages 267-295
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About this book

This book outlines the theory of convenience for white-collar crime to explain what motivates and enables offenders, providing a unique focus on white-collar crime in the business context. The theory of convenience suggests that the extent to which elite members commit and conceal economic crime is dependent on their extent of orientation towards convenience in problematic and attractive situations. Chapters are organized along the main theoretical dimensions of economical motive, organizational opportunity, and personal willingness.

In addition, this book:

  • Addresses a business audience by focusing on themes familiar to corporations
  • Documents attitudes towards white-collar crime among business students and future business leaders
  • Analyzes how convenience orientation varies among individuals
  • Analyzes autobiographies of convicted white-collar offenders
  • Demonstrates the various ways in which white-collar crime occurs

The Convenience of White-Collar Crime in Business contributes to an increased understanding of white-collar crime, offering valuable insight in business education that supplements the traditional roles of topics like auditing and compliance in education and practice. It is a useful resource for researchers and law enforcement, and those involved in the detection, prosecution, and conviction of white-collar offenders.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Department of Leadership & Org Behavior, BI Norwegian Business School, Oslo, Norway

    Petter Gottschalk

About the author

Petter Gottschalk is professor in the Department of Leadership and Organizational Behavior at BI Norwegian Business School in Oslo, Norway. After completing his education at Technische Universität Berlin, Dartmouth College, MIT, and Henley Management College, he took on executive positions in technology enterprises for twenty years before joining academics. Dr. Gottschalk has published extensively on knowledge management, intelligence strategy, police investigations, white-collar crime, and fraud examinations.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Convenience of White-Collar Crime in Business

  • Authors: Petter Gottschalk

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-37990-2

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Law and Criminology, Law and Criminology (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-37989-6Published: 18 January 2020

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-37992-6Published: 18 January 2021

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-37990-2Published: 17 January 2020

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIII, 295

  • Number of Illustrations: 14 b/w illustrations, 3 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Corporate Crime, Criminological Theory, Financial Crime

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