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white-collar crime |
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white-collar crime, term coined by Edward Sutherland for nonviolent crimes committed by corporations or individuals such as office workers or sales personnel (see white-collar workers white-collar workers, broad occupational grouping of workers engaged in nonmanual labor; frequently contrasted with blue-collar (manual) employees. American in origin, the term has close analogues in other industrial countries. ..... Click the link for more information. ) in the course of their business activities. White-collar crimes include embezzlement, false advertising, bribery, unfair competition, tax evasion, and unfair labor practices. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Thousand Oaks City Council member Jacqui Irwin called for the formation of a Business Crime Prevention Task Force to address the thefts and burglaries. And the FBI has been pursuing business crime almost since the agency's inception. Inside Fraud, Update on Business Crime takes a hard look at business fraud on an international scale and reports on the latest tools and alliances being formed to com bat it. |
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