2324: Organized Crime: Perspectives on Societal Challenges, Threats, and Crises (18754)

Organizer(s)

• HB

  Himanshu Bhatt

  King's Business School, United Kingdom
• HC

  Heewon Chae

  Arizona State U., United States

Participant(s)

• RM

  Riccardo Maiolini

  John Cabot U., Italy
• MO

  Marco Omizzolo

  La Sapienza U. di Roma
• FC

  Francesca Capo

  U. of Milano Bicocca, Italy
• EO

  Elisa Operti

  ESSEC Business School, France
• PA

  Pino Audia

  Dartmouth College, Tuck School of Business, United States
• GD

  Giovanni Battista Dagnino

  U. of Rome Lumsa, Italy

Discussant(s)

• PA

  Pino Audia

  Dartmouth College, Tuck School of Business, United States

Organized crime groups (OCGs) are important business and institutional actors in several locations around the world. In this symposium, we explore how the presence and activities of OCGs influence emerging societal challenges, threats, and crises. Our investigations use OCGs as a metaphor for pursuit of extreme profit motive and instrumental practices that contribute towards perpetuating social inequalities and exploitation. By digging deeper into the workings of organized crime groups, we develop theoretical and practical implications for what constitutes firms’ ethical and socially responsible behavior.

Presentations:

• 15:00 – 16:30 CT (GMT-5/UTC-5)

  2324: From Chains to Change: The Constraining and Empowering Role of Places (18754)
  

  Author: Tommaso Ramus – ESSEC Business School
• 15:00 – 16:30 CT (GMT-5/UTC-5)

  2324: Network Resilience in Face of Exogenous Shocks: How Criminal Actors Restore Network Efficiency (18754)
  

  Author: Francesco Rullani – Cà Foscari U. of Venice
• 15:00 – 16:30 CT (GMT-5/UTC-5)

  2324: Theorizing Institutional Logics of Organized Violence in Socio-ecological Crises (18754)
  

  Author: Stefano Pascucci – U. of Exeter
• 15:00 – 16:30 CT (GMT-5/UTC-5)

  2324: Peripheral Actors, Sudden Threats, and the Founding of Social Movement Organizations (18754)
  

  Author: Heewon Chae – Arizona State U.
• 15:00 – 16:30 CT (GMT-5/UTC-5)

  2324: Examining the Impact of Italian Mafia Organizations on Income Inequality (18754)
  

  Author: Himanshu Bhatt – King's Business School