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  • 2019
  • Article
  • Journal of Financial Crime

The Frequency of Corporate Misconduct: Public Enforcement versus Private Reality

By: Eugene F. Soltes
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Abstract

Perceptions about the frequency of misconduct—among the public, academics and even regulators—have largely been formed by examining enforcement statistics, which rely on the detection and sanctioning of the misconduct. This study aims to illuminate the real occurrence of corporate misconduct, much of which escapes public detection. Through analyzing records for several large multinational firms, the author finds that there are, on average, more than two instances of internally substantiated misconduct per week per firm.

Keywords

Fraud; Bribery; Misconduct; Organizations; Crime and Corruption

Citation

Soltes, Eugene F. "The Frequency of Corporate Misconduct: Public Enforcement versus Private Reality." Journal of Financial Crime 26, no. 4 (2019): 923–937.

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Eugene F. Soltes

Accounting and Management
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