The family firm as an arena for white-collar crime

Gottschalk, Petter; Asting, Cecilie

doi:10.1504/ijbcrm.2019.10021167

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“…Employees—family or non-family—can be driven to engage in dysfunctional behaviors such as theft or fraud for reasons that include low self-control and deviant morals (Gottschalk & Asting, 2019) as well as the level of pressure they feel to commit fraud, the opportunity to do so, and the ability to rationalize that committing the act is consistent with their ethical code (Albrecht et al, 2006; Cressey, 1953; Ghafoor et al, 2019a; Ramos 2003). Ramos (2003, p. 28) notes that “some individuals possess an attitude, character, or set of ethical values that allows them to knowingly and intentionally commit a dishonest act.”…”

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Families and Their Firms Behaving Badly: A Review of Dysfunctional Behavior in Family Businesses

Kidwell,

Eddleston,

Kidwell

et al. 2024

Family Business Review

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Family business research across academic disciplines has increasingly considered the causes of “bad behavior” in family firms and its impact. A review of this literature is important because different emphases in different disciplines may obscure the nature of dysfunctional behaviors in family firms. After reviewing 160 studies from 64 journals, we propose family firm dysfunction is better understood by emphasizing the roles the family and the firm’s external environment play because negative behavior often traces to family interactions predating firm engagement and to external pressures. We also present research questions to guide future studies on family firm dysfunction across disciplines.

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Families and Their Firms Behaving Badly: A Review of Dysfunctional Behavior in Family Businesses

Kidwell,

Eddleston,

Kidwell

et al. 2024

Family Business Review

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“…The criminological literature: Since the seminal studies of Sutherland (1941Sutherland ( , 1945 into the crimes of entrepreneurs and the business community, the literature on so-called white-collar criminality (Sutherland, 1945;Croall, 1989Croall, , 2010Gottschalk and Asting, 2019;Gottschalk, 2020) has burgeoned into a siloed subliterature of its own. Bradshaw (2006) argued that the white-collar and criminal businessmen are in effect wolves in sheep's clothing.…”

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Scoping the links between acquisitive crime, criminal predation and family business

Smith

2023

JFBM

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PurposeThe stereotypes of the dodgy businessman and businessman gangster are established typologies in both the criminology and family business literature, but nevertheless, there is still an evident dearth of substantive studies on the topic. Family business scholars have begun to acknowledge the limited nature of such explorations of criminality in family firm businesses. The purpose of this article is therefore to review, synthesise and solidify existing research on this under-researched area of family business management.Design/methodology/approachThis perspective article explores and synthesises the links between acquisitive crime, criminal predation and family business to address an identifiable research gap in the literature of criminology, entrepreneurship and family business. It examines the overlap between criminal activities and business practices, shedding light on how individuals in the family business community may become involved in criminal activities due to various factors, including coercion, addiction and financial gain.FindingsThis perspective highlights emerging research trends that have the potential to increase the knowledge about the “dark side” of family business.Research limitations/implicationsBeing a perspective paper this brief exploration of the literature can only cover a small cross section of the literature. A conceptual model emerges, which illustrates shared aspects of crimino-entrepreneurial identity between authentic entrepreneurs and criminals.Originality/valueThis perspective article scopes the extant literature covering the links between acquisitive crime, criminal predation and family business to help guide the direction of future research. The piece presents new perspectives on the intersection of acquisitive crime and family business, and its novelty lies in its synthesis of the disparate elements from the diverse literature to contribute to the said literature.

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The family firm as an arena for white-collar crime

Abstract: The family firm as an arena for white-collar crime.

Cited by 2 publications

References 23 publications

Families and Their Firms Behaving Badly: A Review of Dysfunctional Behavior in Family Businesses

Families and Their Firms Behaving Badly: A Review of Dysfunctional Behavior in Family Businesses

Scoping the links between acquisitive crime, criminal predation and family business

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