Accounts of Honesty. Refuting Allegations of Bribery
(2012) In Deviant Behavior 33(2). p.108-125- Abstract
- This article investigates the stories told by Swedish men charged with bribery. The interviews are drawn from a study of court cases relating to bribery. White-collar criminals often justify their actions with reference to business culture: ‘‘Everyone’s doing it.’’ In this study, when refuting alle- gations, interviewees also invoke a ‘‘folk logic of bribery,’’ thus making use of mainstream cultural resources. Received ideas of a ‘‘real’’ bribe include the act itself, but also the moral character of the people involved. Accordingly, interviewees tailor a version in line with these ideas to refute the allegations against them.
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- author
- Jacobsson, Katarina LU
- organization
- publishing date
- 2012
- type
- Contribution to journal
- publication status
- published
- subject
- keywords
- Bribery, honesty, folk logic, deviance
- in
- Deviant Behavior
- volume
- 33
- issue
- 2
- pages
- 108 - 125
- publisher
- Routledge
- external identifiers
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- wos:000301956100002
- scopus:84858040913
- ISSN
- 1521-0456
- DOI
- 10.1080/01639625.2010.548294
- language
- English
- LU publication?
- yes
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- cf5ea3a2-c605-4264-b495-dbb2912ae99c (old id 2426475)
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