| Up to now labeling perspective theorists have focused on how and why individuals or groups get labeled as being deviant. Research on how and why organizations, or more specifically large corporations, get selectively labeled as being deviant is virtually non-existent. This thesis illustrates how and why an organization such as Bank of Credit and Commerce International (BCCI) gets labeled as being deviant while similar organizations are fortunate in avoiding being labeled and sanctioned. Bank of Credit and Commerce International was an international financial institution, financed by Arabs and managed by Pakistanis, which threatened to usurp the dominant market share of western financial institutions. BCCI was forced to cease operations in the early 1990s as a result of relentless bad publicity and investigations.; This thesis expands upon the narrow focus on individuals and groups so far shown by labeling theorists, such as (Tannenbaum, Lemert, Becker) and applies the insights of these theorists towards understanding the labeling of organizations. This thesis broadens the application of labeling perspective theories in order to explain organizational deviance. (Abstract shortened by UMI.)... |
