Resisting Extortion

Resisting Extortion
Author: Eduardo Moncada
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 269
Release: 2022-01-06
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1108910416

Criminal extortion is an understudied, but widespread and severe problem in Latin America. In states that cannot or choose not to uphold the rule of law, victims are often seen as helpless in the face of powerful criminals. However, even under such difficult circumstances, victims resist criminal extortion in surprisingly different ways. Drawing on extensive fieldwork in violent localities in Colombia, El Salvador and Mexico, Moncada weaves together interviews, focus groups, and participatory drawing exercises to explain why victims pursue distinct strategies to resist criminal extortion. The analysis traces and compares processes that lead to individual acts of everyday resistance; sporadic killings by ad hoc groups of victims and police; institutionalized and sustained collective vigilantism; and coordination between victims and states to co-produce order in ways that both strengthen and undermine the rule of law. This book offers valuable new insights into the broader politics of crime and the state.

Resisting Extortion

Resisting Extortion
Author: Eduardo Moncada
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 269
Release: 2022-01-06
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1108843387

New ethnographic data leads to insights into the widespread yet understudied phenomenon of criminal extortion in Latin America.

Preventing Corporate Corruption

Preventing Corporate Corruption
Author: Stefano Manacorda
Publisher: Springer Science & Business
Total Pages: 526
Release: 2014-04-28
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 331904480X

This book presents the results of a two-year international research project conducted for the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNDOC) to investigate and provide solutions for reducing bribery and corruption in corporations and institutions. It starts with an empirical case study on the effectiveness of a set of self-regulation rules adopted by multinational companies in the energy sector. Second, it explores the context and factors leading to corruption internationally (and the relationships between domestic criminal law and self-regulation). Third, it examines guidelines for the adoption of compliance programs developed by international institutions, to serve as models for the future. The principle result of the book is a three-pronged Anti-Bribery Corruption Model (so called ABC Model), endorsed by the United Nations, intended as a corruption prevention tool intended to be adopted by private corporations. This work provides a common, research-based standard for anti-bribery compliance programs, with international applications. This work will be of interest to researchers studying Criminology and Criminal Justice, particularly in the areas of organized crime and corruption, as well as related areas like Business Ethics and Comparative International Law.

Business Ethics in Action

Business Ethics in Action
Author: Domènec Melé
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Total Pages: 425
Release: 2019-10-25
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1137610441

This comprehensive textbook, packed with international cases, places individual human action at the heart of ethical business, arguing that business ethics guides human excellence in businesses. With its unique person-centred approach and student-centred pedagogy, this book will help students to discover and frame ethical issues in business, allowing them to gain an understanding of the role of ethical values and moral character in leadership, reason about ethical dilemmas, and reflect on how to improve business and organizational conditions from an ethical perspective. With international and up-to-date case studies drawn from a wide range of business contexts, this book helps students to apply the foundations and principles of business ethics to real world situations. With a strong theoretical unpinning that supports positive practical action, this is an ideal textbook for Business Ethics students at undergraduate, postgraduate and MBA level. New to this Edition: - Thoroughly updated throughout - All new case studies - Increased coverage of: immigration; climate change; social networking; organizational culture; transnational corporations; ecological issues; environmental, social and corporate governance - Increased international coverage, in particular of Asia, the Middle East and Africa - A new companion website with instructor and student resources

Silencing Citizens

Silencing Citizens
Author: Andrew Cesare Miller
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 333
Release: 2024-05-31
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1009354485

This book explains how criminal groups constrain cooperation with police, and what can be done about it.

Foreign Corrupt Practices Act Compliance Guidebook

Foreign Corrupt Practices Act Compliance Guidebook
Author: Martin T. Biegelman
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 384
Release: 2010-04-26
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0470527935

Foreign Corrupt Practices Act Compliance Guidebook shows readers how the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) has grown to critical importance to any U.S. company that does business in a global environment, as well as foreign companies that supply or have agency agreements with U.S. companies. It provides an overview of the business risks and guidance on spotting potential red flags regarding FCPA violation. Business professionals are provided with practical guidance on managing FCPA requirements as part of an overall compliance program.

Votes, Drugs, and Violence

Votes, Drugs, and Violence
Author: Guillermo Trejo
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 379
Release: 2020-09-03
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1108899900

One of the most surprising developments in Mexico's transition to democracy is the outbreak of criminal wars and large-scale criminal violence. Why did Mexican drug cartels go to war as the country transitioned away from one-party rule? And why have criminal wars proliferated as democracy has consolidated and elections have become more competitive subnationally? In Votes, Drugs, and Violence, Guillermo Trejo and Sandra Ley develop a political theory of criminal violence in weak democracies that elucidates how democratic politics and the fragmentation of power fundamentally shape cartels' incentives for war and peace. Drawing on in-depth case studies and statistical analysis spanning more than two decades and multiple levels of government, Trejo and Ley show that electoral competition and partisan conflict were key drivers of the outbreak of Mexico's crime wars, the intensification of violence, and the expansion of war and violence to the spheres of local politics and civil society.

Terrorism Financing and State Responses

Terrorism Financing and State Responses
Author: Jeanne K. Giraldo
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Total Pages: 388
Release: 2007
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 9780804755665

This book takes a broadly comparative approach to analyzing how the financing of global jihadi terrorist groups has evolved in response to government policies since September 11, 2001.

Anti-Corruption Compliance

Anti-Corruption Compliance
Author: Gemma Aiolfi
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Total Pages: 188
Release: 2020-07-31
Genre: Law
ISBN: 178990532X

This indispensible book offers step-by-step guidance to small and mid-sized companies and non-profit organizations in managing corruption risks in overseas markets. It covers how and why to build a culture of integrity, develop a risk-based anti-corruption compliance programme, and engage with other industry players in collective action against shared corruption challenges, taking a hands-on approach and featuring case studies, quick definitions, tips and practical tools such as checklists.