Reconceptualising Corporate Compliance

This book offers a comprehensive examination of the issues surrounding corporate compliance.<br/> <br/>Should corporations comply with the spirit or the letter of the law? What role does compliance play in a capitalist market economy? Why is it that otherwise law-abiding citizens are willing to implement corporate compliance strategies that are seemingly at odds with their personal values? <br/> <br/>Dr Donovan responds to these questions and more providing a persuasive argument for the legitimate role of spirited compliance within a market economy. In doing so she employs the lens of classical liberal ideology challenging the widespread view that technical compliance is simply 'capitalism.' <br/><br/>In an examination that has relevance beyond the compliance arena the author also explores how the architecture of the firm facilitates the often atypical compliance decisions that individuals make when acting within a corporate setting. The book draws on social psychology to offer important insights into how the often-elusive goal of corporate behavioural change can be achieved for the benefit of both the market and society as a whole.<br/><br/>Joint runner-up of the 2021 SLS Peter Birks Prize for Outstanding Legal Scholarship.