Professor Steve Weisman will uncover white collar crime that has victimized millions of people and shaken world economies.
Since so many white collar crimes are now being committed within the business world, it is vital for responsible future business leaders to be aware of which activities may constitute crimes. White collar crime has become much more prevalent in the last two decades both in the variety of crimes now being committed and in the prevalence of each type of crime on both a domestic and global level.
The crimes of Enron, Bernie Madoff, Cendant and Fannie Mae are just a few examples of massive white collar crimes where criminals with pens and briefcases managed to steal and swindle more money out of more people than thousands of criminals with guns.
Many business behaviors may fall just short of actually qualifying as crimes or may avoid criminal sanctions by a legal loophole. These behaviors may nonetheless raise questions of whether the behaviors are ethical.