Corporate Corruption

Secrecy World offers a disturbing and sobering view of how the world really works and raises crucial questions about financial and legal institutions we may once have trusted. This audiobook discusses the fragile scaffolding upholding any tax haven, the flexible laws of banking, and the radiating impact of an international financial scandal.

A revised and extended edition of the popular Crimes Against Health and Safety, this classic dissects the popular myths promoted by traditional criminology, uncovers who the real criminals are, and the extent of their dreadful crimes. The authors have written a new Introduction specially for this Kindle edition. CONTENTS: 1.Quiet Violence. 2.Corporate Crime: Definition and History. 3.Calling a Crime a Crime. 4.Conventional Laws for Unconventional Crimes. 5.Regulating Health and Safety. 6.Green Criminology: Corporate Violence and the Environment. 7.Explaining Corporate Violence. 9....

The typical organization loses a staggering five percent of its annual revenue to fraud. Traditional fraud investigations focus on the breakdown of internal controls, but what happens when the human beings forming a key component of that chain of control are inherently dishonest? This book tells you how to recognize the characteristics and behavioral patterns of potential fraudsters who are entrusted with safeguarding corporate assets.

About 50km outside of Cape Town lies the beautiful town of Stellenbosch, nestled against vineyards and blue mountains that stretch to the sky. Here reside some of South Africa’s wealthiest individuals: all male, all Afrikaans - and all stinking rich. Johann Rupert, Jannie Mouton, Markus Jooste and Christo Weise, to name a few. Julius Malema refers to them scathingly as ‘The Stellenbosch Mafia’, the very worst example of white monopoly capital. But who really are these mega-wealthy individuals, and what influence do they exert?

Late one evening investigative journalist Bastian Obermayer receives an anonymous message offering him access to secret data. Through encrypted channels he then receives documents showing a mysterious bank transfer for $500 million in gold. This is just the beginning. Obermayer and fellow Süddeutsche Zeitung journalist Frederik Obermaier find themselves immersed in a secret world where complex networks of shell companies help to hide people who don't want to be found.

Unravelling of this pandora’s box of intrigue, corruption and out right illegal corporate activity, will hold you till the end. Jet Rider a dynamic and accomplished private eye was in for an adventure when Amanda Fairchild, showed up at his residence having rented a room from him. Amanda, a recent graduate of Columbia University, had moved to Ashwood, to seek employment for sure but more importantly to be close to her recently widowed aunt Eliza Fairchild. Eliza’s sudden disappearance, twice from her home opens a maze of secrets and a web of conspiracies. As Jet digs deeper, he uncovers...

Why were no bankers put in prison after the financial crisis of 2008? Why do CEOs seem to commit wrongdoing with impunity? The problem goes beyond banks deemed "too big to fail" to almost every large corporation in America - to pharmaceutical companies and auto manufacturers and beyond. The Chickenshit Club - an inside reference to prosecutors too scared of failure and too daunted by legal impediments to do their jobs - explains why.

When idealistic social worker Aarya Mehra attends a high-profile charity gala, the last thing she expects is to be drawn to Mohan Kapoor—a billionaire whose world of power and privilege is everything she fights against. Yet, beneath his steely exterior, Aarya glimpses a man yearning for something more than wealth and success. As their attraction deepens, Aarya stumbles upon the unsettling reality behind Mohan’s business empire—land grabs, labor exploitation, and shattered communities. Her principles demand she take a stand, even if it means challenging the man she’s falling for. ...

A Corrupt City Council, Conspicuous Corporate Crimes, and Cagey Characters. It’s 1982, and business is booming in the Dallas/Fort Worth area. Sonny McBride and Jim Tarpley are engaged in a bitter, often violent battle for the North Texas spoils. The titans of industry play a continuous, zero-sum game of deliberate attacks and defenses to gain a dominant market position. Castillo, Texas, a fast-growing, wealthy community, is the latest target for Sonny and Jim. Their fight to corner the multi-million dollar businesses in Castillo will result in two kidnappings, multiple assaults, and one ...

On March 14, 2012, more than three million people read Greg Smith's bombshell op-ed in the New York Times titled Why I Am Leaving Goldman Sachs. The column immediately went viral, became a worldwide trending topic on Twitter, and drew passionate responses from former Fed chairman Paul Volcker, legendary General Electric CEO Jack Welch, and New York City mayor Mike Bloomberg.

Mistakes have been made, boundaries have been breached, and the dangerous results of a top-secret experiment are no longer contained. Conrad Bowen and his team have greedily welcomed the lab-manufactured dinosaurs to Dionysus Island, where high-grade security systems have been designed to keep the dinosaurs safely inside. The fences have been constructed to withstand ferocious impact and they should prevent any chance of an outbreak. Meanwhile, Dolly and The Exigency are poised to take a joyride to the island, where they plan to carry out their scheme to use the stolen dinosaurs as a ...

In today’s chaotic world, where the multiplication of information sources creates competing narratives, credibility is the key to winning the war of ideas. This is the reason why governments and corporations resort to astroturfing - creation of ostensibly grassroots movements set up to advance political agendas and commercial campaigns. The democratization of information and polarization of politics offer a perfect storm.

Detective Alex Reilly thought his transfer to the remote desert town of Coober Pedy would be a quiet assignment—a chance to rebuild his damaged career far from the spotlight. But when Harold Finch, part-owner of the town's vital water supply, is found dead in his underground home, what appears to be a tragic accident quickly reveals itself as something far more sinister. As Reilly investigates, he discovers that Harold's death is connected to a sophisticated conspiracy targeting the community's most precious resource: water. Environmental engineer Daphne Traynor seems helpful at first, ...

In this groundbreaking treatise, best-selling author and economist Ravi Batra identifies the roadblocks to world economic prosperity and what we need to do to overcome them. Batra takes on falling minimum wages, corporate scandals, rocketing oil prices, and many of the other crises facing the world economy. He offers an expansive, optimistic vision of how the international community can address them and bring about something historically unprecedented: true global economic prosperity.

Years of consolidation, price-fixing, and power grabs by elite industry insiders have harmed consumers and caused environmental destruction. And while that’s hurting us, it’s also making others rich. Now, financial journalist Chloe Sorvino presents a “deeply informed and eye-opening” (Publishers Weekly) look at the meat industry and its future as its fundamental weaknesses are laid bare for all to see.

This nonfiction legal thriller traces the 14-year struggle of two lawyers to bring the most powerful coal baron in American history to justice. Don Blankenship, head of Massey Energy since the early 1990s, ran an industry that provides nearly half of America’s electric power. But wealth and influence weren’t enough for Blankenship and his company, as they set about destroying corporate and personal rivals, challenging the Constitution, purchasing the West Virginia judiciary, and willfully disregarding safety standards in the company’s mines - mines in which scores died unnecessarily.

The first comprehensive look at how politicians let the entertainment industry bilk taxpayers, hijack public policy, and hurt economic investment, starting and ending with Trump.

The riveting true story behind the Varsity Blues college admissions scandal, a cautionary tale of parenting gone wrong, the system that enabled families to veer so far off course, and the mastermind who made it all happen.

In the topsy-turvy world of tax avoidance, you can get richer by buying a yacht, the world's biggest exporter of coffee is Switzerland, and the Duke of Westminster pays less tax than you do. Written with sharp wit and over-brimming with inside secrets, the anonymous authorxshows us that not only does the global tax system encourage dubious practice which favours the rich, but that it was specifically founded with that in mind.

McKinsey earns billions advising almost every major corporation as well as countless governments, including Britain's, the USA's and China's. It boasts of its ability to maximise efficiency while making the world a better place. Its millionaire partners and network of alumni go on to top jobs in the world's most powerful organisations. And yet, shielded by non-disclosure agreements, its work remains largely secret—until now. In this propulsive investigation, two prize-winning journalists reveal the reality.