Corporate Violence: Injury and Death for ProfitStuart L. Hills Corporate Violence: Injury and Death for Profit is a provocative collection of articles that focuses on the critical issue of the serious physical harm inflicted on consumers, workers, and the general public as a result of decisions made by corporate executives. The studies in this volume describe and analyze the legal and illegal acts of 'respectable' business people that have injured or killed people. |
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The Consumer As Victim | 11 |
Additional Readings | 59 |
Death by Cotton Dust | 76 |
Copyright | |
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