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Record Nr.

UNINA9910449923003321

Autore

Frankel Tamar

Titolo

Trust and honesty : America's business culture at a crossroad / / Tamar Frankel

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford, [England] : , : Oxford University Press, , 2006

©2006

ISBN

1-280-56046-0

1-4237-3399-1

0-19-534363-8

1-60256-675-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (264 p.)

Disciplina

345.73/0263

Soggetti

Corporation law - United States - Criminal provisions

Fraud - United States

Breach of trust - United States

Corporations - Corrupt practices - United States

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Introduction; 1. The Spreading Abuse of Trust and Deception; 2. Old and New Concerns; 3. Toward Abuse of Trust and Mistrust; 4. Toward Deception; 5. Toward a Different American Culture; 6. Rising Opportunities and Temptations; 7. The Shift to Weaker Morality, Weaker Law, and Stronger Market Discipline; 8. The Subtle Changes in Legal Doctrine and Intepretation; 9. The Shift from Professions to Businesses; 10. In Markets We Trust; 11. Why Did Legal Enforcement Fail to Stem the Avalanche of Fraud?; 12. Toward an Honest Society; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J

KL; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; V; W; Y

Sommario/riassunto

Suggests that fraud and the abuse of trust could have a widespread impact on American economy and prosperity, and argues that the way to counter this disturbing trend is to reverse the culture of business dishonesty.



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Record Nr.

UNISA996393206703316

Titolo

Briefe collections out of Magna Charta: or, the knowne good old lawes of England· [[electronic resource] ] : Which sheweth; that the law is the highest inheritance the King hath; and that if his charter, grant, or pattent, be repugnant to the said lawes, and statutes, cannot be good, as is instanced in the charter of Bridewell, London, and others. By which it appeares; that the King by his charter may not alter the nature of the law, the forme of a court; nor inheritance lineally to descend; nor that any subject be protected from arrests, suites, &c

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Printed at London, : for George Lindsey, and are to be sould at his shop over against London-stone, 1643

Descrizione fisica

16 p

Soggetti

Prerogative, Royal - England

Great Britain Constitutional law Early works to 1800

London (England) Charters, grants, privileges Early works to 1800

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Annotation on Thomason copy E.102[11]: "May 19th".

Reproduction of the original in the British Library.

Sommario/riassunto

eebo-0018