When Markets Outsmarted Justice

Compliance systems confront tax fraud hidden inside financial engineering
1. Auflage 2026
ISBN: 978-3-565-48270-2
Verlag: epubli

Buch, Englisch, 288 Seiten, Format (B × H): 210 mm x 297 mm, Gewicht: 876 g

Compliance systems face their hardest test when tax fraud is engineered to look procedural, repeatable, and defensible.

This book examines Cum/Ex as a business systems failure, not merely a financial scandal. It looks at how financial engineering, fragmented oversight, and weak escalation paths can turn legal ambiguity into operational advantage.

Compliance systems appear strong on paper, yet fail when accountability is dispersed across desks, advisors, regulators, and executives. The book explores three mechanisms: incentive design that rewards extraction, governance routines that normalize complexity, and enforcement delays that weaken deterrence.

For leaders, investors, and policy-minded readers, Cum/Ex becomes a case study in decision quality. It shows how business ethics collapses when profit logic outruns institutional control.

In European markets, the strategic implication is clear: trust in finance depends not only on regulation, but on whether organizations can detect moral risk before it becomes fiscal damage.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Harrington, Mia

Über Autor(innen)

Harrington, Mia
Mia Harrington is an English-language author who writes about emotional well-being, self-discovery, and modern relationships. Her books combine reflective storytelling with thoughtful insights into personal growth, resilience, and navigating life’s transitions with greater clarity and balance. Her writing style is warm, approachable, and emotionally insightful, inviting readers to reconnect with themselves in a more mindful and compassionate way.