[vinnomot] With a grain of piquant salt: Business White-Collar Corruption, the gentlemanly maggots

Sunday, April 27, 2008

[vinnomot] With a grain of piquant salt: Business White-Collar Corruption, the gentlemanly maggots

We see corruption generally as a third world problem and a problem which is primarily at the governmental level. But far too frequently, we ignore the role played by the major corporations of the world in starting, propagating and yes sheltering the corrupt guilty. Over the past few months, I have continuously read a series of stories relating to white-collar crime and still do not think that we are taking this seriously enough. And we are not talking about small fly by night operators, we are talking about giants of the corporate world such as Samsung of South Korea, Boeing of USA, Siemens of Germany and British Aerospace of United Kingdom. These companies span all aspects of our lives and most importantly, via their products and services also look after our health, national security and economies. Who are we talking about, what has been done and what can be done more to combat this scourge?

Continued on at:

http://piquancy.blogspot.com/2008/04/business-white-collar-corruption.html

http://tinyurl.com/5ubdc9

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Bhaskar Dasgupta

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