An Empirical Examination of the Causes of Corporate Wrongdoing in the United States
利用美国职业安全与健康管理局和环境保护署的数据，检验了企业规模、多样性、财务压力和组织结构等因素与企业违反联邦法律倾向的关系，发现大多数假设不成立。
It has been argued that a firm's propensity to violate federal laws and regulations is related to firm size, diversity, financial pressures, and organizational structure and processes (Clinard & Yeager, 1980). The current paper tests these propositions using United States data from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration and the Environmental Protection Agency. The findings offer at best weak support for some of these propositions while strongly suggesting that most are invalid. The results have important implications for future research and practice.