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The Political Economy of Organisational Violence in Chinese Industry
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Abstract "Organisational violence" involves wilful, illegal business behaviour that has the potential to harm workers, consumers, or the environment. We use a combined perspective from the fields of political economy and criminology to examine the incongruously high level of organisational violence among Chi... view more
"Organisational violence" involves wilful, illegal business behaviour that has the potential to harm workers, consumers, or the environment. We use a combined perspective from the fields of political economy and criminology to examine the incongruously high level of organisational violence among Chinese firms that exists despite robust efforts by the government to put forth regulatory laws that prohibit it. As the explanation for this incongruity, we assert two conditions that synergistically interact in a bidirectional relationship: 1) the complex legal structural barriers to effective enforcement against organisational violence caused by a politically biased and administratively fragmented Chinese political system, and 2) a socially disorganised business environment that does not recursively message the wrongfulness of organisational violence. The analysis rejects not only financial gain as a relevant factor in the commission of organisational violence but also other current perspectives on the causes of organisational violence in China.... view less
Keywords
China; enterprise; corruption; white-collar criminality; crime fighting; regulation; legal system; judiciary; government supervision; social norm; legal norm; Far East
Classification
Criminal Sociology, Sociology of Law
Free Keywords
organisational violence; industrial regulation; political structure; corporate crime
Document language
English
Publication Year
2016
Page/Pages
p. 201-230
Journal
Journal of Current Chinese Affairs, 45 (2016) 3
ISSN
1868-4874
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed