30 Questions
What is the purpose of contracts that prohibit employees from publicising certain facts?
To prevent employees from revealing information that might damage their employer's reputation
What is the term used to describe the process of sustaining silence through formal disciplinary procedures and legal obligations?
Ignorance-making
According to Proctor, why do institutions uphold and maintain ignorance?
To divert attention from difficult stories
What does the term 'ignorance' refer to, according to Croissant and Dossey?
Knowledge that has been denied, distorted, dismissed, or hidden
What is one way in which ignorance can be created, according to Dossey?
Through media neglect and obfuscation
What do Barton et al. suggest exists in relation to ignorance?
A continuum of ignorance
What is the title of the 2014 journal article by Dossey?
Agnotology: On the varieties of ignorance, criminal negligence, and crimes against humanity
Which publication is the source of the article 'NZ workplace death rate 'appalling''?
Otago Daily Times
What is the name of the taskforce that published a report on workplace health and safety in 2013?
The Report of the Independent Taskforce on Workplace Health and Safety He Korowai Whakaruruhau
Who are the authors of the book 'State Crime: Governments, Violence and Corruption'?
Green and Ward
In what year was the book 'State Crime and Civil Activism: On the Dialectics of Repression and Resistance' published?
2019
What is the title of the book by Lasslett published in 2014?
State Crime on the Margins of Empire
What was the outcome of the Court of Appeal's decision regarding the judicial review?
Upholding the High Court decision
According to bereaved family members, what was the example of in the court proceedings?
Checkbook justice
What can prioritizing rogue companies or managers do?
Obscure the economic, political, and sociocultural structural conditions
What is a condition that allows state–corporate harms to occur in New Zealand?
Limited state regulations
In which country do the described conditions that allow state–corporate harms to occur also exist?
Multiple countries
What is the result of the court proceedings for bereaved family members?
Those most responsible evaded prosecution
What can civilian resistance lead to in the short term?
Significant crises for states and corporations
What is the primary focus of state-corporate crimes?
Pursuit of economic production and distribution
What can be a result of state-corporate crimes?
Illegal or socially injurious actions
What is an example of a state-corporate crime?
The Space Shuttle Challenger disaster
What is the long-term effect of civilian resistance on state-corporate relationships?
Reconfiguration of state-corporate relationships to normalise inequitable structural and social relations
Who defined state-corporate crime?
Kramer and Michalowski
What contributed to the prime conditions for disaster in the Pike River case?
Shareholder pressures on the company to extract coal at speed
What is a characteristic of state–corporate crimes, according to the text?
They are a normal part of capitalist societies
What facilitates the managed ignorance of inequitable relations of power?
States and corporations
When is the resistance to silenced or false knowledge most likely to occur?
In the wake of state–corporate crises
What is the result of the failure to regulate the mining industry and ensure worker protections?
Worsened conditions for disaster
What is the relationship between capital investments and state–corporate crime, according to the text?
Diverse investments lead to different environments for state–corporate crime
Test your understanding of the relationship between corporations and states in the context of criminology. This quiz explores how corporations and states respond to collective threats and how they maintain power structures over time. See how well you can analyze the dynamics of power and resistance.
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