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Record Nr.

UNINA9910785011703321

Autore

Passas Nikos

Titolo

It's legal but it ain't right : harmful social consequences of legal industries / / Nikos Passas and Neva Goodwin, editors

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Ann Arbor : , : University of Michigan Press, , c2004

ISBN

1-282-65059-9

9786612650598

0-472-02619-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (288 p.)

Collana

Evolving values for a capitalist world

Altri autori (Persone)

GoodwinNeva R

Disciplina

174/.4

Soggetti

Business ethics

Business ethics - United States

Corporations - Corrupt practices

Corporations - Corrupt practices - United States

Capitalism - Moral and ethical aspects

Globalization - Moral and ethical aspects

Lobbying - Moral and ethical aspects

Business and politics

Political corruption

Social responsibility of business

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; 1. Introduction: A Crime by Any Other Name / Nikos Passas and Neva Goodwin; 2. The Cigarette Industry / Richard A. Daynard; 3. Externalities of the Arms Trade / Loretta Bondi; 4. Firearms: Another Peculiar American Institution / Tom Diaz; 5. Leashing the "Dogs of War" / Herbert Howe; 6. The Costs of Legalized Gambling: An Economic Approach / John Warren Kindt; 7. The Licit and Illicit Trade in Antiquities / Patty Gerstenblith; 8. The High Price of Cheap Food / Mark Ritchie; 9. Accountability in the Pesticide Industry / Peter Riggs and Megan Waples

10. Titans of the Enron Economy: The Ten Habits of Highly Defective Corporations / Scott Klinger and Holly Sklar11. Profiting through



Influence: The Pharmaceuticals and Lobbying Industries / Ken Silverstein and Jess Taylor; List of Contributors