| Why They Do It: Inside the Mind of the White-Collar Criminal Contributor(s): Soltes, Eugene (Author), Heller, Johnny (Narrated by), Soltes, Eugene (Narrated by) |
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ISBN: 168168425X ISBN-13: 9781681684253 Publisher: HighBridge Audio OUR PRICE: $40.49 Product Type: Compact Disc - Other Formats Published: October 2016 * Not available - Not in print at this time * |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - True Crime | White Collar Crime - Social Science | Criminology |
| Dewey: 364.168 |
| Physical Information: 1" H x 6.4" W x 5.4" (0.50 lbs) |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Rarely does a week go by without a well-known executive being indicted for engaging in a white-collar crime. Perplexed as to what drives successful, wealthy people to risk it all, Harvard Business School professor Eugene Soltes spent seven years in the company of the men behind the largest corporate crimes in history-from the financial fraudsters of Enron, to the embezzlers at Tyco, to the Ponzi schemers Bernie Madoff and Allen Stanford. Soltes refutes popular explanations of why seemingly successful executives engage in crime. White-collar criminals, he shows, are not merely driven by excessive greed or hubris, nor do they usually carefully calculate the costs and benefits before breaking the law. Instead, he shows that most of these executives make decisions the way we all do-on the basis of their intuitions and gut feelings. Based on extensive interaction with nearly fifty former executives, Soltes provides insights into why some saw the immediate effects of misconduct as positive, why executives often don't feel the emotions most people would expect, and how acceptable norms in the business community can differ from those of the broader society. |
Contributor Bio(s): Soltes, Eugene: - Eugene Soltes is the Jakurski Family Associate Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School. His research has been cited by the Wall Street Journal, USA Today, and the Financial Times. Eugene received his PhD and MBA from the University Of Chicago Booth School Of Business.Heller, Johnny: - Johnny Heller has earned over twenty-five Earphones Awards from AudioFile magazine, including one for Closing Time by Joe Queenan, and has won two Audie Awards and many more nominations. Named one of the Top Fifty Narrators of the Twentieth Century by AudioFile, he has recorded over seven hundred titles. |