Effective whistle-blowing

Article Abstract:

Whistle-blowing is often assumed to benefit society at large - whether from the view of 60 Minutes or from that of the members of the nearly 40 state legislatures that have passed statutes to protect whistle-blowers. Yet empirical research on conditions that lead whistle-blowers to be effective in getting organizational wrongdoing stopped is woefully absent. Encouraging whistle-blowing is inappropriate unless a person knows something about those variables that increase the likelihood that whistle-blowing will be effective. We present a model of effective whistle-blowing, from which we derive a set of propositions, based on theory and preliminary research in the area. It is hoped that this model will provide a research agenda for exploring a question of obvious importance practically as well as theoretically. (Reprinted by permission of the publisher.)

Methods, Whistle blowing, Whistleblowing

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Can illegal corporate behavior be predicted? An event history analysis

Article Abstract:

A model of illegal corporate behavior was developed and tested for a 19-year period using event history analysis and data on clearly illegal acts. Results indicated that large firms operating in dynamic, munificent environments were the most likely of the firms studied to behave illegally, and firms with poor performance were not prone to commit wrongdoing. Membership in certain industries and a history of prior violations also increased the likelihood that a firm would behave illegally. (Reprinted by permission of the publisher.)

Models, Criminal liability of juristic persons, Juristic persons criminal liability, Illegality

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Paying the paper: an empirical examination of longer-term financial consequences of illegal corporate behavior

Article Abstract:

Longer-term performance effects of corporate illegality were investigated. Results show that firms experience lower accounting returns over five years and slower sales growth in the third through fifth year after a conviction. Stakeholders appear to paint all corporate wrongdoers with the same brush, ignoring the seriousness of illegalities, but responding strongly to multiple convictions for wrongdoing. Reduced financial performance does not deter subsequent illegality. (Reprinted by permission of the publisher.)

Commercial crimes

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