How Does the Corporate Culture Theory Explain the Causes of White-Collar

question 48

Multiple Choice

How does the corporate culture theory explain the causes of white-collar crime?

• A)Corporations encourage "if you are not first, you are last" thinking and the individuals who buy into this are more crime-prone than others.
• B)"Go along to get along" notions are promoted in corporations so that new employees are pressured into conforming to cultural norms.
• C)Offenders commit white-collar crimes because they have been hired into environments where it is the norm to "stay out of each other's business."
• D)"Greed is good" and "profit must come first" lessons are learned in corporations in the same way they are learned on the street by gang members.

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