Different Forms of Crime

They were operating to maximize profits, to protect their investments from competition, to expand markets, and to provide goods and services demanded by "the people" (p. 188).

This analysis can be accurately applied to corporate crime in general. When the profit motive is the driving force of the economy, individuals and their labor become commodities to serve the ends of these who own the means of production. Only when these roots of crime are adequately acknowledged and addressed will productive solutions be found to ensure their elimination.

Corporate crime, according to T. R. Young, is defined as the actions taken in violation of the law by corporations according to the statutes of the country in which they are operating. This differs significantly from white collar crime which Young limits to crimes committed by employees of the corporation or business against those employers. White collar crime may include the worker who "takes

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of origin for the product. Finally, corporations are able to dump banned items secretly by exporting the ingredients separately and then combining them later after the export has been successfully completed. The export of contraceptive devices known to cause harm and even death to women provide a case in point about the social costs of corporate dumping. Ray T. Ravenholt (1977), director of the office of Population within the U.S. Agency for International Development (AID) was a firm believer in population control in underdeveloped countries. Interestingly, he stated simply that "population explosions, unless stopped, would lead to revolutions" (Ehrenreich, et al., 1979, p. 10) which would seriously endanger, it can be added, the serenity of the operations' of the multinationals. Shortly after the intrauterine device known as the Dalkon Shield went on the market in the U.S. in 1971, numerous cases of pelvic inflammatory disease, blood poisoning, pregnancies resulting in spontaneous abortions, ectopic pregnancies and perforations of the uterus often requiring hysterectomies were reported. By 1974, 17 women had died from using the shield. Doctors reported that the device was difficult to insert properly, often causing the w
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