Legal but corrupt a new perspective on public ethics

"Labeling a person, institution or particular behavior as 'corrupt' signals both political and moral disapproval and, in a functioning democracy, should stimulate inquiry, discussion, and, if the charge is well-founded, reform. This book argues...that the political community and schol...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors:	Anechiarico, Frank (Editor)
Resource Type:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Lanham, Maryland Lexington Books [2017]
Subjects:	Political corruption > United States. Misconduct in office > United States. Public administration > Moral and ethical aspects. Political ethics > United States.

Table of Contents:

1: Introduction: What’s Corrupt?, Frank Anechiarico
2: Doubling Down on Derivatives: The Legal but Corrupt Exploitation of the Fallout from the Great Recession, Danny L. Balfour and Guy B. Adams
3: Shaping the State to Private Purposes: A Comparison of Conflicts of Interest in the United States and Sweden, Staffan Andersson and Frank Anechiarico
4: Whose Corruption? Which Law? Law’s Authority and Social Power, Ciarán O'Kelly
5: Racialized Policing in New York City: The NYPD and Stop, Question, Frisk, Frank Anechiarico
6: Benefit Corporations: A Solution to the Crisis of Corporate Legitimacy?, Lydia Segal
7: Inclusion, Accountability and the Reform of Legal Corruption, Frank Anechiarico
Appendix A: The Politics of the Swedish Nursing Home Scandal
Appendix B: Benchmark Analysis from the Rand Study
Appendix C: Conceptual Inventory
Index
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