Folded Lies: Bribery, Crusades, and Reforms

"Michael Reisman's book is the first serious comprehensive analysis of the phenomenon of business bribery in all its manifestations. It goes beyond the recent wave of popular books that have simply dramatized the extent to which bribery has become institutionalized. The significance of Folded Lies is in its very credible -- and persuasive -- analysis and synthesis of the dynamics of the bribery phenomenon and the societal reactions it will inevitably precipitate. Folded Lies should be important reading for the business community, policy makers, lawyers, social scientists, and the general reader." ---- John A. Gardiner Author of Theft of the City "This is a major contribution to the analysis of one type of white-collar crime. It lifts the veil on 'jurisprudence in the shadows' and analyzes a type of decision pathology. More than that -- the author places the timely topic of bribery in the context of timeless principles of myth systems and operational codes . . . .An incisive inquiry at a fundamental level of the policy alternatives for business and social order." ---- Gerald M. Meier Stanford University