Social Class and Crime - Explanations of Corporate Crime | A Level Sociology

welcome to this cheor to you sociology topic video looking at social class and crime focusing on explanations of corporate crime corporate crime is an area of concern for sociologists as it's often underrepresented in official crime statistics and therefore causes a misrepresentation of workingclass criminality whilst it is not exclusively a crime committed by the ruling classes

the severity of punishment and the impact of corporate crime makes it equally if not more devastating and other forms of crime in society yet very few people are prosecuted for the damage that it causes sociologists look to explain why corporate crime occurs through a number of different approaches that we'll look at in this video including the

organizational cultures of Corporations the role of capitalism strain theory the punishment of corporate crimes the role of globalization and the delabeling of corporate crime firstly organizational cultures both two and Snider have suggested that the culture of corporate organizations leads to excessive competition in the workplace and that this creates the conditions for corporate crimes to be

committed the competition for profits and the need to appease shareholders often leads to increased risk-taking behaviors by those in corporations which makes their decision making unethical placing profits over the welfare of their staff their customers the environment and those that live in it a further feature of organizational culture is those that are most likely to

take risks are also those most likely to end up in positions of power and this can have an impact on the conduct of the business however it's often those at the top that are most removed from The Acts themselves delegating responsibility to others and also from the impact particularly as legislation is often