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Empirical study of white-collar criminals

In: Organizational Opportunity and Deviant Behavior

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As evidenced in this chapter, convenience orientation can be identified among convicted white-collar criminals. Their convenience orientation was frequently present in all three dimensions of convenience theory. We suggest that executives with a greater degree of convenience orientation will be more inclined to implement convenient strategies to achieve personal and business goals. If crime is a more convenient option to reach a goal, then executives with a greater degree of convenience orientation will have a stronger tendency to break the law. In this line of reasoning, the extent of white-collar crime can be reduced if executives with strong convenience orientation are identified. Executives and others in the elite who strongly dislike spending time and effort on time-consuming and complicated procedures, might be identified by implementing review procedures and surveillance mechanisms to prevent them from committing crime. Individual convenience orientation can be reduced by an increased subjective likelihood of detection. Simply stated, if you think you will get caught, you do not commit crime.

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  • ., 2017. "Empirical study of white-collar criminals," Chapters, in: Organizational Opportunity and Deviant Behavior, chapter 5, pages 81-100, Edward Elgar Publishing.
    • Handle: RePEc:elg:eechap:17924_5
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