Illegal, Immoral, In-touch with society? An Investigation into Criminal Social Responsibility

This study is an investigation of the idea of Criminal Social Responsibility the idea that criminal organisations, in the same way as corporations, may engage with society in order to accrue organisational benefits. From a thorough literature review encompassing both literature on crime and organise...

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Main Author: Sandars, Jonathan
Format: Dissertation (University of Nottingham only)
Language:English
Published: 2007
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Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/21271/
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description This study is an investigation of the idea of Criminal Social Responsibility the idea that criminal organisations, in the same way as corporations, may engage with society in order to accrue organisational benefits. From a thorough literature review encompassing both literature on crime and organised crime in particular, as well as literature on CSR practices and motivations, this paper establishes a motivational model for criminal social responsibility. The idea of criminal social responsibility is then investigated through a case study of the internationally recognised terrorist group Hamas. This case study firstly finds that some of the social practices of Hamas can be considered socially responsible, and secondly tests the motivational model suggested from the literature review. The latter element of the investigation presents some refinements to the model as applied to terrorist organisations.
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spelling nottingham-212712018-03-23T03:32:44Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/21271/ Illegal, Immoral, In-touch with society? An Investigation into Criminal Social Responsibility Sandars, Jonathan This study is an investigation of the idea of Criminal Social Responsibility the idea that criminal organisations, in the same way as corporations, may engage with society in order to accrue organisational benefits. From a thorough literature review encompassing both literature on crime and organised crime in particular, as well as literature on CSR practices and motivations, this paper establishes a motivational model for criminal social responsibility. The idea of criminal social responsibility is then investigated through a case study of the internationally recognised terrorist group Hamas. This case study firstly finds that some of the social practices of Hamas can be considered socially responsible, and secondly tests the motivational model suggested from the literature review. The latter element of the investigation presents some refinements to the model as applied to terrorist organisations. 2007 Dissertation (University of Nottingham only) NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/21271/1/Jonathan_Sandars_Dissertation.pdf Sandars, Jonathan (2007) Illegal, Immoral, In-touch with society? An Investigation into Criminal Social Responsibility. [Dissertation (University of Nottingham only)] (Unpublished) Corporate Social Responsibility Criminal Social Responsibility Hamas Organised Crime
spellingShingle Corporate Social Responsibility
Criminal Social Responsibility
Hamas
Organised Crime
Sandars, Jonathan
Illegal, Immoral, In-touch with society? An Investigation into Criminal Social Responsibility
title Illegal, Immoral, In-touch with society? An Investigation into Criminal Social Responsibility
title_full Illegal, Immoral, In-touch with society? An Investigation into Criminal Social Responsibility
title_fullStr Illegal, Immoral, In-touch with society? An Investigation into Criminal Social Responsibility
title_full_unstemmed Illegal, Immoral, In-touch with society? An Investigation into Criminal Social Responsibility
title_short Illegal, Immoral, In-touch with society? An Investigation into Criminal Social Responsibility
title_sort illegal, immoral, in-touch with society? an investigation into criminal social responsibility
topic Corporate Social Responsibility
Criminal Social Responsibility
Hamas
Organised Crime
url https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/21271/