Corruption in Corporate America: Who is Responsible? Who Will Protect the Public Interest?

by Abraham Gitlow

Book Overview

Modern capitalism and political freedom rest on concepts of conscience and morality, and abhor concentrations of unbridled power. In America, that economic and political system developed mechanisms designed to check and balance such power. Despite those mechanisms, corporate America developed too many imperial chief executives who abused their power by engaging in a fraudulent and self-serving pursuit of wealth and perquisites. This edition deals...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0761838112
• ISBN13: 9780761838111
• Release Date: July 2007
• Publisher: University Press of America
• Length: 244 Pages
• Weight: 1.11 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.4" x 9.3"