Tragen unternehmerische Leitungspersonen in Deutschland strafrechtliche Verantwortung, wenn es im Rahmen weltumspannender Lieferketten zu Schäden an Rechtsgütern in entfernten Produktionsorten kommt? Zur Beantwortung dieser hochaktuellen Frage verbindet die Untersuchung die traditionsreiche...

It is hard to overstate the impact that white collar crime has on the United States. According to recent estimates from the Federal Bureau of Investigations, the annual economic loss attributable to white collar crime is at least twenty times greater than the economic loss attributable to every...

Securities fraud encompasses a wide range of crimes. For example, if a company makes material misstatements or omissions about the company in public documents, then the company and its agents may be liable for defrauding investors in that company. Such fraud has been alleged in a number of...

Ever since Sutherland (1939) coined the term “white-collar crime”, there has been extensive research and debate on what to include and what to exclude from this offense category (e.g., Piquero and Benson 2004; Pontell et al. 2014; Stadler et al. 2013). In accordance with Sutherland’s original...

Bereits im Vorfeld einer Insolvenz ergeben sich für Unternehmensorgane und deren steuerliche Beraterinnen und Berater Haftungsrisiken, insbesondere im Rahmen der Erstellung des Jahresabschlusses. Die steuerlichen Haftungsfolgen sowie die zivil-, straf- und berufsrechtlichen Risiken bei...

This textbook deals with business criminal law from the perspective of Germany, Austria, Liechtenstein and Switzerland. It primarily addresses students in business and economics (master's programme) as well as business practitioners, but is also meant for lawyers and law students. As criminal...

Evolution of Business Criminal Law -- Notion of Business Criminal Law -- Basic Knowledge about Criminal Law & Justice -- Sources of Business Criminal Law -- General Rules of Criminal Law - Essentials -- Criminal Liability Concepts for Entrepreneurs and Companies -- Generals Issues on Business...