The word blat refers to the system of informal contacts and personal networks which was used to obtain goods and services under the rationing which characterised Soviet Russia. Alena Ledeneva's book is the first to analyse blat in all its historical, socio-economic and cultural …
Examines the influence of corporate managers in major business scandals and discusses the shaping of personal ethics in bureaucratic systems.
Major corporate scandals occur regularly in the US. A common feature is the large number of people who must willingly participate in them. How are good people persuaded to act dishonestly?
Publisher's description: Why did the financial scandals really happen? Why are they continuing to happen? In The Death of Corporate Reputation, Yale's Jonathan Macey reveals the real, non-intuitive reason, and offers a new path forward. For over a century law firms, investment b…