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Fraud Office Media Coverage

In: CONVENIENCE ORIENTATION IN CORPORATE CRIME Corrective Recovery Responses for Compliance and Conformance

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  • PETTER GOTTSCHALK

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This chapter reviews media coverage of the Norwegian National Authority for Investigation and Prosecution of Economic and Environmental Crime (Økokrim). The review was based on an empirical study of seven agency press releases and 305 news reports in the same time period in Norway. The media seem to trust Økokrim as they served mediation of messages from the policing unit without any kind of editorial processes, and they refer to Økokrim when crime cases are reported without questioning the role or the performance of the agency. Rather, the media communicate warnings against various fraud schemes where the media treat the agency as a very reliable source of warnings. Overall, a very good impression of the national serious fraud office is created by agency press releases and news reports. This outcome is in sharp contrast to research results previously presented, where lack of competence in the rivalry with defense lawyers allegedly is one of the agency’s shortcomings…

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  • Petter Gottschalk, 2025. "Fraud Office Media Coverage," World Scientific Book Chapters, in: CONVENIENCE ORIENTATION IN CORPORATE CRIME Corrective Recovery Responses for Compliance and Conformance, chapter 10, pages 215-228, World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd..
    • Handle: RePEc:wsi:wschap:9789819805518_0010
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    Keywords

    Corporate Compliance; Corporate Conformance; Convenience Theory; Corporate Scandal; Crisis Management; Destructive Leadership; Recovery Strategy; Recovery Triggers;
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    JEL classification:

    • K42 - Law and Economics - - Legal Procedure, the Legal System, and Illegal Behavior - - - Illegal Behavior and the Enforcement of Law
    • M14 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Business Administration - - - Corporate Culture; Diversity; Social Responsibility
    • L21 - Industrial Organization - - Firm Objectives, Organization, and Behavior - - - Business Objectives of the Firm
    • G34 - Financial Economics - - Corporate Finance and Governance - - - Mergers; Acquisitions; Restructuring; Corporate Governance

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