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Book Resisting Extortion

Download or read book Resisting Extortion written by Eduardo Moncada and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2022-01-06 with total page 269 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Criminal extortion is an understudied, but widespread and severe problem in Latin America. In states that cannot or choose not to uphold the rule of law, victims are often seen as helpless in the face of powerful criminals. However, even under such difficult circumstances, victims resist criminal extortion in surprisingly different ways. Drawing on extensive fieldwork in violent localities in Colombia, El Salvador and Mexico, Moncada weaves together interviews, focus groups, and participatory drawing exercises to explain why victims pursue distinct strategies to resist criminal extortion. The analysis traces and compares processes that lead to individual acts of everyday resistance; sporadic killings by ad hoc groups of victims and police; institutionalized and sustained collective vigilantism; and coordination between victims and states to co-produce order in ways that both strengthen and undermine the rule of law. This book offers valuable new insights into the broader politics of crime and the state.

Book Resisting Extortion

Download or read book Resisting Extortion written by Eduardo Moncada and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2022-01-06 with total page 269 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New ethnographic data leads to insights into the widespread yet understudied phenomenon of criminal extortion in Latin America.

Book Preventing Corporate Corruption

Download or read book Preventing Corporate Corruption written by Stefano Manacorda and published by Springer Science & Business. This book was released on 2014-04-28 with total page 526 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents the results of a two-year international research project conducted for the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNDOC) to investigate and provide solutions for reducing bribery and corruption in corporations and institutions. It starts with an empirical case study on the effectiveness of a set of self-regulation rules adopted by multinational companies in the energy sector. Second, it explores the context and factors leading to corruption internationally (and the relationships between domestic criminal law and self-regulation). Third, it examines guidelines for the adoption of compliance programs developed by international institutions, to serve as models for the future. The principle result of the book is a three-pronged Anti-Bribery Corruption Model (so called ABC Model), endorsed by the United Nations, intended as a corruption prevention tool intended to be adopted by private corporations. This work provides a common, research-based standard for anti-bribery compliance programs, with international applications. This work will be of interest to researchers studying Criminology and Criminal Justice, particularly in the areas of organized crime and corruption, as well as related areas like Business Ethics and Comparative International Law.

Book Business Ethics in Action

Download or read book Business Ethics in Action written by Domènec Melé and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2019-10-25 with total page 425 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This comprehensive textbook, packed with international cases, places individual human action at the heart of ethical business, arguing that business ethics guides human excellence in businesses. With its unique person-centred approach and student-centred pedagogy, this book will help students to discover and frame ethical issues in business, allowing them to gain an understanding of the role of ethical values and moral character in leadership, reason about ethical dilemmas, and reflect on how to improve business and organizational conditions from an ethical perspective. With international and up-to-date case studies drawn from a wide range of business contexts, this book helps students to apply the foundations and principles of business ethics to real world situations. With a strong theoretical unpinning that supports positive practical action, this is an ideal textbook for Business Ethics students at undergraduate, postgraduate and MBA level. New to this Edition: - Thoroughly updated throughout - All new case studies - Increased coverage of: immigration; climate change; social networking; organizational culture; transnational corporations; ecological issues; environmental, social and corporate governance - Increased international coverage, in particular of Asia, the Middle East and Africa - A new companion website with instructor and student resources

Book Silencing Citizens

    Book Details:
  • Author : Andrew Cesare Miller
  • Publisher : Cambridge University Press
  • Release : 2024-05-31
  • ISBN : 1009354485
  • Pages : 333 pages

Download or read book Silencing Citizens written by Andrew Cesare Miller and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2024-05-31 with total page 333 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explains how criminal groups constrain cooperation with police, and what can be done about it.

Book Foreign Corrupt Practices Act Compliance Guidebook

Download or read book Foreign Corrupt Practices Act Compliance Guidebook written by Martin T. Biegelman and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2010-04-26 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Foreign Corrupt Practices Act Compliance Guidebook shows readers how the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) has grown to critical importance to any U.S. company that does business in a global environment, as well as foreign companies that supply or have agency agreements with U.S. companies. It provides an overview of the business risks and guidance on spotting potential red flags regarding FCPA violation. Business professionals are provided with practical guidance on managing FCPA requirements as part of an overall compliance program.

Book Terrorism Financing and State Responses

Download or read book Terrorism Financing and State Responses written by Jeanne K. Giraldo and published by Stanford University Press. This book was released on 2007 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book takes a broadly comparative approach to analyzing how the financing of global jihadi terrorist groups has evolved in response to government policies since September 11, 2001.

Book Anti Corruption Compliance

    Book Details:
  • Author : Gemma Aiolfi
  • Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
  • Release : 2020-07-31
  • ISBN : 178990532X
  • Pages : 188 pages

Download or read book Anti Corruption Compliance written by Gemma Aiolfi and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 2020-07-31 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This indispensible book offers step-by-step guidance to small and mid-sized companies and non-profit organizations in managing corruption risks in overseas markets. It covers how and why to build a culture of integrity, develop a risk-based anti-corruption compliance programme, and engage with other industry players in collective action against shared corruption challenges, taking a hands-on approach and featuring case studies, quick definitions, tips and practical tools such as checklists.

Book To Require Certain Actions by the Overseas Private Investment Corporation

Download or read book To Require Certain Actions by the Overseas Private Investment Corporation written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on International Relations. Subcommittee on International Economic Policy and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Within the Arctic Circle

Download or read book Within the Arctic Circle written by S. H. Kent and published by . This book was released on 1877 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Votes  Drugs  and Violence

Download or read book Votes Drugs and Violence written by Guillermo Trejo and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2020-09-03 with total page 379 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of the most surprising developments in Mexico's transition to democracy is the outbreak of criminal wars and large-scale criminal violence. Why did Mexican drug cartels go to war as the country transitioned away from one-party rule? And why have criminal wars proliferated as democracy has consolidated and elections have become more competitive subnationally? In Votes, Drugs, and Violence, Guillermo Trejo and Sandra Ley develop a political theory of criminal violence in weak democracies that elucidates how democratic politics and the fragmentation of power fundamentally shape cartels' incentives for war and peace. Drawing on in-depth case studies and statistical analysis spanning more than two decades and multiple levels of government, Trejo and Ley show that electoral competition and partisan conflict were key drivers of the outbreak of Mexico's crime wars, the intensification of violence, and the expansion of war and violence to the spheres of local politics and civil society.

Book Civilian Protective Agency in Violent Settings

Download or read book Civilian Protective Agency in Violent Settings written by Jana Krause and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2023-09-28 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: More than half the world's population live in violent settings, such as civil wars, communal conflicts, cities plagued by gang violence, and entire areas governed by criminal organizations. Living exposed to diverse forms of violence, individuals and communities have found innovative-and sometimes counterintuitive-ways to protect themselves and others. Civilian Protective Agency in Violent Settings establishes the study of civilian agency and its protective dimension across various violent settings as a systematic and unified field of research. It brings together researchers spanning several social science disciplines to study civilian protective agency in different violent settings, including civil war, genocide, communal violence, and organized crime, and in various geographical locations, from Syria to Mozambique, Sri Lanka to Mexico, Iraq to Colombia and Western Europe. The volume offers conceptual foundations, new theoretical insights, and detailed empirics that advance our understanding of civilian protective agency and promote future research on the topic that is comparable, tractable, and cumulative.

Book Urban Violence  Resilience and Security

Download or read book Urban Violence Resilience and Security written by Glass, Michael R. and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 2022-01-13 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written in a comprehensive yet accessible style, Urban Violence, Resilience and Security investigates the diverse nature of urban violence within Latin America, Asia and Africa. It further analyzes how regular and irregular governing mechanisms can provide human security, despite the presence of chronic violence.

Book Supply Chain Risk Management

Download or read book Supply Chain Risk Management written by John Manners-Bell and published by Kogan Page Publishers. This book was released on 2020-11-03 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From political uncertainty to trade disrupts and cyber threats, the risk environment is continuously evolving, and new challenges frequently arise demanding immediate attention to avoid disruption to supply chains. Supply Chain Risk Management is the guide to recognizing, reviewing and reacting to these risks to ensure continued operations and optimal service. This book is a practical learning tool which offers a comprehensive framework to understanding risk and how to engineer resilience into the supply chain. The third edition of Supply Chain Risk Management details how to approach various threats, including black swan events, natural disasters, climate change, cargo crime and piracy, and terrorism and security. Using case studies and recent, topical examples, this book demonstrates how to successfully manage these risks and apply learnings in practice. Objectives, summaries and key point checklists in each chapter also help the reader grasp these key concepts and understand how to keep supply chains resilient. Online resources include lecture slides and example test questions.

Book The Sustainable MBA

Download or read book The Sustainable MBA written by Giselle Weybrecht and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2013-11-08 with total page 485 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Whether you are an employee, a manager, an entrepreneur or a CEO, The Sustainable MBA Second Edition provides the knowledge and tools to help you ‘green’ your job and organization, to turn sustainability talk into action for the benefit of your bottom line and society as a whole. Based on more than 150 interviews with experts in business, international organizations, NGOs and universities from around the world, this book brings together all the pieces of the business and sustainability puzzle including: What sustainability is, why you should be interested, how to get started, and what a sustainable organization looks like. A wide range of tools, guidelines, techniques and concepts that you can use to implement sustainability practices. Information on how to be a sustainability champion or intrapraneur in your organization including how to sell these ideas to your team and how to incorporate them into any job. A survey of the exciting trends in sustainable business happening around the world. A wealth of links to interesting resources for more information. The Sustainable MBA Second Edition is organized like a business school course, allowing you easy access to the relevant information you need about sustainability as it relates to Accounting, Economics, Entrepreneurship, Ethics, Finance, Marketing, Organizational Behavior and HR, Operations and Strategy. The Sustainable MBA Second Edition has been updated to reflect global developments in this evolving field to remain the definitive guide to sustainable business. Additional resources to accompany the book are available at www.thesustainablemba.com.

Book Gangsters and Other Statesmen

Download or read book Gangsters and Other Statesmen written by Danilo Mandić and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2020-12 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How global organized crime shapes the politics of borders in modern conflicts Separatism has been on the rise across the world since the end of the Cold War, dividing countries through political strife, ethnic conflict, and civil war, and redrawing the political map. Gangsters and Other Statesmen examines the role transnational mafias play in the success and failure of separatist movements, challenging conventional wisdom about the interrelation of organized crime with peacebuilding, nationalism, and state making. Danilo Mandić conducted fieldwork in the disputed territories of Kosovo and South Ossetia, talking to mobsters, separatists, and policymakers in war zones and along major smuggling routes. In this timely and provocative book, he demonstrates how globalized mafias shape the politics of borders in torn states, shedding critical light on an autonomous nonstate actor that has been largely sidelined by considerations of geopolitics, state-centered agency, and ethnonationalism. Blending extensive archival sleuthing and original ethnographic data with insights from sociology and other disciplines, Mandić argues that organized crime can be a fateful determinant of state capacity, separatist success, and ethnic conflict. Putting mafias at the center of global processes of separatism and territorial consolidation, Gangsters and Other Statesmen raises vital questions and urges reconsideration of a host of separatist cases in West Africa, the Middle East, and East Europe.

Book ADB OECD Anti Corruption Initiative for Asia and the Pacific Strategies for Business  Government and Civil Society to Fight Corruption in Asia and the Pacific

Download or read book ADB OECD Anti Corruption Initiative for Asia and the Pacific Strategies for Business Government and Civil Society to Fight Corruption in Asia and the Pacific written by OECD and published by OECD Publishing. This book was released on 2009-12-03 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This conference proceedings explores (i) incentives for anti-corruption reform; (ii) the role of criminal law standards and corporate compliance mechanisms; (iii) private-to-private corruption; (iv) preventing and managing conflicts of interest and (v)involving development partners.