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Organizational Crime

Causes, Explanations and Prevention in a Comparative Perspective

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Editors:
  1. Markus Pohlmann

    1. Max-Weber-Institut für Soziologie, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany

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  2. Gerhard Dannecker

    1. Institut für deutsches, europäisches und internationales Strafrecht und Strafprozessrecht, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany

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  3. Dieter Dölling

    1. Institut für Kriminologie, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany

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  4. Dieter Hermann

    1. Institut für Kriminologie, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany

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  5. Kristina Höly

    1. Max-Weber-Institut für Soziologie, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany

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  6. Maria Eugenia Trombini

    1. Max-Weber-Institut für Soziologie, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany

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  7. Subrata K. Mitra

    1. Department of Political Science, South Asia Institute, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany

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  • International comparative study
  • Results on the prevention of corruption and manipulation in business and medicine
  • Empirical results for the design of compliance measures

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Table of contents (20 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiv
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  2. Introduction

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. How to Explain and Fight Organizational Crime

      • Markus Pohlmann, Subrata K. Mitra, Gerhard Dannecker, Dieter Dölling, Dieter Hermann, Kristina Höly et al.
      Pages 3-18

    3. How to Analyze Organizational Crime – Theory, Concepts, and Methods

      • Markus Pohlmann
      Pages 19-61

  3. Corporate Crime, Manipulation, and Compliance: The Case of Germany

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 63-63
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    2. The Development of the German Criminal Regulations Against Corruption in the Public Sector

      • Dieter Dölling
      Pages 65-92

    3. The Development of German Criminal Law Against Corruption in the Private Sector

      • Gerhard Dannecker
      Pages 93-122

    4. German Corruption Cases Reflected in Criminal Files—Individual or Organizational Deviance?

      • Dieter Dölling, Ludmila Hustus
      Pages 123-131

    5. Compliance, Integrity, and Prevention in the Corporate Sector: The Collective Mindsets of Compliance Officers in Germany

      • Markus Pohlmann, Sebastian Starystach
      Pages 133-164

    6. Limits of Formal Regulation: How Informal Norms and Criminogenic Values Affect Managers’ Readiness to Corrupt

      • Dieter Hermann, Markus Pohlmann, Julian Klinkhammer
      Pages 165-189

    7. Experimental Corruption Research in Germany: The Lab Studies

      • Alexander Fürstenberg
      Pages 191-203

  4. Corporate Crime, Manipulation, and Compliance: The Case of Germany

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 205-205
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    2. The German Organ Transplant Scandal: An Analysis of Court Records and Official Documents from the Medical Association

      • Markus Pohlmann, Kristina Höly
      Pages 207-229

    3. The German Organ Transplant Scandal: The Collective Mindsets of Physicians

      • Markus Pohlmann, Kristina Höly
      Pages 231-250

    4. Decision-Making Processes of Physicians After the Organ Donation Scandal in Germany: The Factorial Survey

      • Dieter Hermann, Gerhard Dannecker, Markus Pohlmann
      Pages 251-277

  5. Corruption, the FCPA, and Compliance Regulations in the U.S.

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 279-279
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    2. In Search of Organizational Crime in the U.S.: the FCPA Court Records

      • Alexander Fürstenberg, Julian Klinkhammer
      Pages 281-318

    3. Compliance, Integrity, and Prevention in the Corporate Sector: The Collective Mindsets of Compliance Officers in the USA

      • Markus Pohlmann, Sebastian Starystach
      Pages 319-358

  6. Systemic Corruption in Brazil

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 359-359
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    2. Formal Rules and Institutional Increments in Brazil

      • Mário H. Jorge Jr
      Pages 361-375
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About this book

This book presents the results of an international comparative study on the causes of rule deviation in business and medical organizations. Based on document and interview analyses as well as experiments, the discrepancy between (state) regulations and organizational practice is elaborated and discussed in an interdisciplinary perspective. On the basis of the distinction between organizational and individual deviance, it could be shown across national boundaries that the unwritten rules of the organization make a decisive contribution in explaining organizational wrongdoing, as well as their containment. Implications for effective prevention derived from this are also pointed out.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Max-Weber-Institut für Soziologie, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany

    Markus Pohlmann, Kristina Höly, Maria Eugenia Trombini

  • Institut für deutsches, europäisches und internationales Strafrecht und Strafprozessrecht, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany

    Gerhard Dannecker

  • Institut für Kriminologie, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany

    Dieter Dölling, Dieter Hermann

  • Department of Political Science, South Asia Institute, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany

    Subrata K. Mitra

About the editors

​Prof. Dr. Markus Pohlmann is Professor of Sociology at the Max-Weber-Institute for Sociology at Heidelberg University.

Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Gerhard Dannecker is Senior Professor of Criminal Law and Criminal Procedure at the Institute for German, European and International Criminal Law and Law of Criminal Procedure, Heidelberg University, Germany.


Prof. i.R. Dr. Dieter Dölling is Professor i. R. of Criminal Law and Criminology at the Institute of Criminology, Heidelberg University, Germany.


Prof. Dr. Dieter Hermann is Professor of Criminology at the Institute of Criminology, Heidelberg University, Germany.


Dr. Kristina Höly is Postdoctoral Researcher at the Max-Weber-Institute for Sociology, Heidelberg University, Germany.


Maria Eugenia Trombini is Ph.D. candidate at the Max-Weber-Institute for Sociology, Heidelberg University, Germany.


Prof. em. Subrata K. Mitra, Ph.D. (Rochester), is Professor emeritus of Political Science at the South Asia Institute, Heidelberg University, Germany and Adjunct Professor at Dublin City University, Ireland.

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