Corporate Crime And Violence: Big Business Power And The Abuse Of The Public Trust
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Book: Good
Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage
Pages: Good
At the intersection of unchecked power and systemic betrayal, Corporate Crime and Violence: Big Business Power and the Abuse of the Public Trust presents a damning indictment of America's most powerful corporations, chronicling how the pursuit of profit has repeatedly come at the catastrophic expense of public safety, environmental integrity, and democratic governance. Russell Mokhiber meticulously documents over thirty landmark cases of corporate wrongdoing — from pharmaceutical cover-ups and toxic dumping to workplace disasters and consumer fraud — constructing an irrefutable argument that corporate crime is not an aberration, but a predictable consequence of institutions that place shareholder returns above human life. Endorsed by Ralph Nader, whose cover quote warns that the acts documented here spoil the products you buy, poison the air, water, and food you eat, and destroy the governmental integrity that you deserve, this work stands as a cornerstone of corporate accountability literature. Mokhiber writes with prosecutorial precision and moral urgency, stripping away the euphemistic language that shields boardroom decisions from the scrutiny applied to street-level crime. Decades after its publication, its central question remains uncomfortably unresolved: why does society hold its most powerful institutions to its lowest standards?
Author: Russell Mokhiber
Format: Hardback
Genre: True crime
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage
Pages: Good
At the intersection of unchecked power and systemic betrayal, Corporate Crime and Violence: Big Business Power and the Abuse of the Public Trust presents a damning indictment of America's most powerful corporations, chronicling how the pursuit of profit has repeatedly come at the catastrophic expense of public safety, environmental integrity, and democratic governance. Russell Mokhiber meticulously documents over thirty landmark cases of corporate wrongdoing — from pharmaceutical cover-ups and toxic dumping to workplace disasters and consumer fraud — constructing an irrefutable argument that corporate crime is not an aberration, but a predictable consequence of institutions that place shareholder returns above human life. Endorsed by Ralph Nader, whose cover quote warns that the acts documented here spoil the products you buy, poison the air, water, and food you eat, and destroy the governmental integrity that you deserve, this work stands as a cornerstone of corporate accountability literature. Mokhiber writes with prosecutorial precision and moral urgency, stripping away the euphemistic language that shields boardroom decisions from the scrutiny applied to street-level crime. Decades after its publication, its central question remains uncomfortably unresolved: why does society hold its most powerful institutions to its lowest standards?