The regulation of crimes and
harms occurring at the state-corporate nexus presents ongoing challenges across
political systems, markets, and organisations (Davies and Malik, 2021).
Notably, experts across disciplines vary in their ideological and
methodological approaches to studies of corporate activity and processes of
corporate regulation, which span from consensus approaches to conflict driven strategies (Whyte, 2004). In scholarship, this has led to disciplinary divides between
regulation-governance studies and corporate criminology (Almond & van Erp, 2020).This reading group, will
discuss different regulatory approaches to white collar and corporate crime,
including corporate criminal liability, risk and compliance management systems,
corporate social responsibility, naming and shaming strategies, pre-trial
settlements and alternative conflict resolution methods such as DPAs and NPAs.Although law-led, this reading group offers an interdisciplinary
overview of contemporary challenges in control, regulation and governance of
white collar and corporate crime, and will orient students towards the ongoing
discussion between, legal studies, regulation and governance studies and
corporate criminology.