CJ 485 Test #2
What does criminological research show about the relationship between culture and crime? -
ANS-Researchers' Observation:
- Despite appearing dominated by slogans, researchers emphasize that people's lives are
significantly influenced by cultural values
What is the primary dilemma/concern raised in the passage regarding corporate cultures? -
ANS-Raise questions about whether their cultures are authentic or superficial collections
imposed by executives
Corporate cultures strongly emphasize productivity. What is this relevant for security managers?
- ANS-- maintaining employee satisfaction=more productivity
How do Japanese corporate cultures differ from the American corporations? - ANS-rooted in
traditional Japanese culture+their deep sense of shared commitment of their workers
Karl Marx argued that work is central core of life for people and that is what gives meaning to
their lives. What is the implication of this point to security? - ANS-Companies with strong
cultures have a strong hold over their employees
How do corporations communicate their values to the public? - ANS-- "Invisible powerful force
that gently nudges you into compliance with how we do things around here."
-Values related to corporate cultures as discussed in glass
- Caption - Go Green, Go White; Fight Song
What does the example of Ivory soap tell us about corporate culture? - ANS-- corporations can
lie to make their product look better --soap is just white
Who are some of the strong corporate leaders in the US history who became larger than life
heroes? - ANS-Henry Ford
-Fordism - Representing assembly line production
Why is it important for security directors to be familiar with rites and rituals in a company? -
ANS--Give transparency & accountability
-Understand how things are done around the company
- Unwritten rules ◊ Loose lips sinks ships ❖ ➢ MSU rituals
What are the types of corporate cultures? How are they different, that is, what are the key
characteristics of each of them? - ANS--Heroes
-Rites & rituals
, - Informal networks : Amtrack disaster - employees using substances & everyone tried to cover
it up
-Business environment - sets tone of corporate culture
Types of crime that can occur when discussing crime structuring properties of corporate culture -
ANS-- tough guy culture: Stock fraud, real estate fraud, pyramid schemes
- bet your company culture: Low morale leads to employee theft, loss of trade secret
Low morale leads to employee theft, loss of trade secrets.
-work hard play hard: Expense account fraud, product safety testing fraud. Pressure sales
tactics, false advertising
- The process company: the bureaucracy
Employees closest to accounting and computers, greatest threat. Morale is crucial. But as new
competitiveness enters banking: fraud at the top
What according to the video is the metaphor for corporate culture DNA? - ANS-Metaphor use by
the speaker to identify corporate culture is "800 pound Gorilla Culture" - DNA that the Gorilla's
Guidelines has, rules, collective memory codified in the DNA
What are UGAs of Corporate culture? - ANS-Unwritten group rules
When was the CIA established? - ANS-CIA - 1947
FBI - 1908
According to Gorman, which planets does the FBI represent? (Class-Gorman) - ANS-FBI - Mars
CIA - Venus
Why are the planetary metaphors provided by Gorman to get a sense of organizational
cultures? (Class-Gorman) - ANS-The way organizations & their employees work
-FBI: more regimented; focus on arrests, value individual achievement
- CIA: Less regimented; less-hierarchical, and value on sharing information
What are the key characteristics of CIA? (Class-Gorman) - ANS--Even time telling is different -
uses ZULU time or GMT
-Language and codes are different Information gathering is different - like creating a mosaic -
connections between different pieces of information
-They look for patterns that are threateningly abnormal (unlike FBI's fact-patterns that appear to
make sense, normal)
- Often refer to as "we"
-Values judgment over rules
What are the key characteristics of the FBI? (Class-Gorman) - ANS--Work is linear and
retrospective - begin with a lead and end with solve/shelf
-Facts not relevant to a case are a distraction
-What is the Crowning glory for an agent? To become a special agent in charge of a field office
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