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Record Nr.

UNINA9910828481603321

Titolo

Legal but corrupt : a new perspective on public ethics / / edited by Frank Anechiarico

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, Maryland : , : Lexington Books, , 2017

©2017

ISBN

1-4985-3640-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (163 pages)

Disciplina

172

Soggetti

Political corruption - United States

Misconduct in office - United States

Public administration - Moral and ethical aspects

Political ethics - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction : what's corrupt? / Frank Anechiarico - Doubling down on derivatives : the legal but corrupt exploitation of the fallout from the Great Recession / Danny L. Balfour and Guy B. Adams -- Shaping the State to private purposes : a comparison of conflicts of interest in the United States and Sweden / Frank Anechiarico and Staffan Andersson -- Whose corruption ? Which law? Law's authority and social power / Ciarán O'Kelly -- Racialized policing in New York City : the NYPD and stop, question, frisk / Frank Anechiarico -- Benefit corporations : a solution to the crisis of corporate legitimacy? / Lydia Segal -- Conclusion : accountability and the reform of legal corruption / Frank Anechiarico.