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It's Legal but It Ain't Right: Harmful Social Consequences of Legal Industries (Evolving Values for a Capitalist World)

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Description for It's Legal but It Ain't Right: Harmful Social Consequences of Legal Industries (Evolving Values for a Capitalist World) Paperback. Series: Evolving Values for a Capitalist World S. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: KJG; KN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 431.

Many U.S. corporations and the goods they produce negatively impact our society without breaking any laws. We are all too familiar with the tobacco industry's effect on public health and health care costs for smokers and nonsmokers, as well as the role of profit in the pharmaceutical industry's research priorities. It's Legal but It Ain't Right tackles these issues, plus the ethical ambiguities of legalized gambling, the firearms trade, the fast food industry, the pesticide industry, private security companies, and more. Aiming to identify industries and goods that undermine our societal values and to hold them accountable for their actions, ... Read more

Neva Goodwin is Co-director of the Global Development and Environment Institute at Tufts University.

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
University of Michigan Press
Condition
New
Series
Evolving Values for a Capitalist World S.
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
Ann Arbor, United States
ISBN
9780472068692
SKU
V9780472068692
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-15

About Unknown
Nikos Passas is Professor in the College of Criminal Justice at Northeastern University. Neva Goodwin is Co-director of the Global Development and Environment Institute at Tufts University.

Reviews for It's Legal but It Ain't Right: Harmful Social Consequences of Legal Industries (Evolving Values for a Capitalist World)
"It's Legal but It Ain't Right chronicles the abuse of power and privilege by businesses that defy the strictures of law and limits of regulation. Contributors stretch the conceptual boundaries of corporate deviance across a wide range of industries at a time when standards of corporate social responsibility and good corporate citizenship are in flux."
William S. Laufer, Professor, The ... Read more

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