The study examines a process model of how firms regain legitimacy after allegations of
organizational misconduct. The sample is 75 public firms that were sanctioned for paying …

Contributing to the literature on stigma and re-legitimation, this paper examines two ways
organizations may dampen the penalties associated with admissions of misconduct. Using a …

We propose a four-stage model of the organizational actions that potentially increase the
speed and likelihood that an organization will restore its legitimacy with stakeholders …

Organizational misconduct, which suggests ineffective monitoring and oversight, focuses
attention on top-level management and may damage organizational legitimacy. Under the …

Business organizations suspected of serious misconduct often hire specialist corporate
investigators drawn from the legal and financial services sectors to review suspicions and …

Prior research on corporate misconduct pays extensive attention to single misconduct
behaviors. However, little research has addressed recidivism–the repeated behaviors of …

This extended chapter presents episodes where corporate social responsibility had genuine
substance rather than being utilized as a public relations device. It is argued that …

This paper explores whether a firm's misconduct can affect the compensation of former
managers who were neither at the firm at the time of misdeeds nor involved in the scandal …

Using survey data from firms around the world I analyze how detection of bribery has
impacted a firm's competitiveness over the past year. Managers report that the most …

Recent work on organizational stigma considers corporate misconduct to be a stigmatizing
act, and has confirmed many negative consequences that follow from it. This paper uses …