Synopses & Reviews
In their book Interactive Corporate Compliance, Jay Sigler and Joseph Murphy proposed a system in which government scrutiny of business is reduced in return for self-regulatory vigilance. In this follow-up collection of essays, Sigler and Murphy seek to meet the challenge of putting such a policy into practice. A series of essays detail a variety of suggestions for implementing such a system, as well as some forms of interactive compliance already in use.
A brief foreword by John Braithwaite is followed by a chapter in which the editors fully explain the compliance approach to business-government relationships. Subsequent contributions include Attorney General Robert Abrams' three-part strategy for corporate compliance, a proposed legal standard to reward corporate due diligence in implementing codes of conduct, accounts of different experiments with interactive compliance in the United States, and a case study using interactive compliance to regulate restaurant health standards. Among the other topics discussed are programs that confront middle managers with corporate criminals, the educational failings of law and business schools, and insights into why negotiated compliance delivers better outcomes at lower costs. The volume concludes with predictions for corporate conduct in the 1990s. With its innovative approach to government-business relations, this work will be an important resource for professionals in all types of business, government, and legal positions.
Synopsis
As a follow-up to the editors' Interactive Corporate Compliance, this collection details efforts that have been made to resolve differences between business and government. It studies ways in which interactive compliance has worked, and provides the means to discuss problems that still remain and how they can be solved.
Description
Includes bibliographical references (p. [187]-191) and index.
About the Author
JAY A. SIGLER is Professor of Political Science and Director of the Graduate Program in Public Policy at Rutgers University.JOSEPH E. MURPHY is a Senior Attorney for Bell Atlantic and a member of the Pennsylvania and New Jersey Bars.
Table of Contents
Foreword by John Braithwaite
A Novel Approach to Business-Government Relationships by Jay A. Sigler and Joseph E. Murphy
Three Enforcement Strategies by Robert Abrams
Corporate Codes of Conduct and Corporate Self-Regulation by Harvey L. Pitt and Karl A. Groskaufmanis
Leading Examples of Interactive Compliance in Action by Jay A. Sigler
A County Experiment in Interactive Compliance by Louis S. Bezich
Demonstrating Ethical Responsibility: Implementing a Self-Governance Program by Paul M. Carren and Richard B. Pazornik
Corporate Counsel's Role in Interactive Compliance by Joseph E. Murphy
Corporate Lawbreakers as Sources of Interactive Training by Jeffrey M. Kaplan
Competition and Climate in Law Schools by Thomas L. Shaffer
Corporate Compliance Education: Where Are Business Schools? by W. Richard Sherman
Political Education Is Necessary to Foster Cooperative Regulatory Enforcement by John T. Scholz
Corporate Conduct in the 1990s by Jay A. Sigler and Joseph E. Murphy
Index