Public-Private Partners Against Crime
Governance, Surveillance and the Limits of Corporate Accountability
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12730101 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Karin Svedberg Helgesson (0000-0002-6382-8302, Stockholm School of Economics, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2011 |
| Volume | 8 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 471-484 |
| Publication date | 2011-03-24 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Surveillance & Society (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1477-7487 • E-ISSN: 1477-7487 |
| Publisher | Surveillance Studies Network (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.24908/ss.v8i4.4183 |
| OpenAlex | W1601820234 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 4 |
Recent risk-based regulation on anti-money laundering emphasises the need for private business actors to be more actively engaged in preventative efforts. This proposed public-private partnership against crime raises important questions of how to balance values and interests as it situates business actors in an intricate position at the centre of conflicting claims and attributions. Based on an interview study of the banking industry in Sweden, this article analyses how surveillance for the state in relation to anti-money laundering is implemented into the business-as-usual of business actors. The findings support the initial assumption that the role of agent of the state is in conflict with the role of being an agent for private principals. However, a complementary tentative conclusion is that the demands of one principal could also be beneficial for promoting the interests of the other principal. Finally, it is suggested that making oneself more accountable may, in fact, be a means to limit corporate accountability
Accountability · Balance (ability · Business · Corporate governance · General partnership · Political science · Position (finance · Principal (computer security · Public relations · State (computer science · Crime, Illicit Activities, and Governance · Law · Management and Organizational Studies · Finance
| Citations per year | 0.27 |
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| Citation span | 2015 - 2026 (12) |
| Highly cited | No |