Corruption is a globalising phenomenon. Not only is it rapidly expanding globally but, more significantly, its causes, its means and forms of perpetration and its effects are more and more rooted in the many developments of globalisation. The Panama Papers, the FIFA scandals and the Petrobras case in Brazil are just a few examples of the rapid and alarming globalisation of corrupt practices in recent years. The lack of empirical evidence on corrupt schemes and a still imperfect dialogue between different disciplinary areas and between academic and practitioners hinder our knowledge of corruption as a global phenomenon and slow down the adoption of appropriate policy responses.
Corruption in the Global Era
seeks to establish an interdisciplinary dialogue between theory and practice and between different disciplines and to provide a better understanding of the multifaceted aspects of corruption as a global phenomenon. This book gathers top experts across various fields of both the academic and the professional world – including criminology, economics, finance, journalism, law, legal ethics and philosophy of law – to analyze the causes and the forms of manifestation of corruption in the global context and in various sectors (sports, health care, finance, the press etc.) from the most disparate perspectives. The theoretical frameworks elaborated by academics are here complemented by precious insider accounts on corruption in different areas, such as banking and finance and the press. The expanding links between corrupt practices and other global crimes, such as money laundering, fraud and human trafficking, are also explored. This book is an important resource to researchers, academics and students in the fields of law, criminology, sociology, economics and ethics, as well as professionals, particularly solicitors, barristers, businessmen and public servants.
PART I Introduction;
Chapter 1 Corruption and globalisation: towards an
interdisciplinary scientific understanding of corruption as a global crime;
PART II Corruption beyond bribery and illegality;
Chapter 2 Fostering
business relationships or an inducement to improper performance: an analysis
of the role of corporate hospitality following the implementation of the
Bribery Act 2010;
Chapter 3 Assessment and analysis of corruption in China;
Chapter 4 The Grey Zone: where does financial corruption begin and
competitiveness end? The case of financial product misselling;
Chapter 5 The
UK national press: reform and corruption;
Chapter 6 The Welsh Premier League
and the significant risk to match-manipulation: is a specific offence
required?; PART III Causes of corruption: motivations, opportunities and
sources;
Chapter 7 The source of corruption: the link between the centrality
of money in contemporary Western societies and new developments in political
corruption;
Chapter 8 Explaining the causes of bribery from an offender
perspective;
Chapter 9 Why is it so difficult to prosecute gambling-related
match-fixing?;
Chapter 10 Teenage kicks: how the structural adolescence of
the football sector engenders a risk of money laundering, corruption and
other economic crimes;
Chapter 11 Brexit, integrity and corruption: local and
global challenges; PART IV Forms of manifestation and effects: the
transnationality and transversality of corruption;
Chapter 12 Financial
crises and fraud: a pattern emerges;
Chapter 13 Corruption in World
Bankfinanced development projects: a phenomenon-focused examination;
Chapter
14 Waste and corruption in health care;
Chapter 15 Corruption and human
trafficking: a holistic approach;
Chapter 16 Fair play and refereeing: a
legal strategy against corruption in sport
Lorenzo Pasculli is Assistant Professor of Law, Coventry Law School, Faculty of Business and Law, Coventry University, UK.
Nicholas Ryder is Professor in Financial Crime, Bristol Law School, Faculty of Business and Law, the University of the West of England, UK.
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