Waubonsee Community College

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

eng

Includes bibliographical references and index

illustrations

index present

non fiction

Legal but corrupt

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edited by Frank Anechiarico

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 scholars alike have underestimated the extent of corruption in the United States and elsewhere and thus, awareness of wrong-doing is limited and discussion of necessary reform is stunted. In fact, there is a class of behaviors and institutions that are legal, but corrupt. They are accepted as legitimate by statute and practice, but they inflict very real social, economic, and political damage. This book explains why it is important to identify legally accepted corruption and provides a series of examples of corruption using this perspective."--, Back cover

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