Formulation of a database of corporate malfeasance based on the exhaustive collection of samples

• Project/Area Number: 22530421
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Business administration
• Research Institution: Reitaku University
• Principal Investigator: UMEDA Toru 麗澤大学, 外国語学部, 教授 (70193935)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): OHNO Masahide 麗澤大学, 経済学部, 准教授 (80573724)
• Project Period (FY): 2010 – 2012
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2012)
• Budget Amount: ¥3,380,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥780,000); Fiscal Year 2012: ¥1,170,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000); Fiscal Year 2011: ¥910,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥210,000); Fiscal Year 2010: ¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥300,000)
• Keywords: 企業不祥事 / コンプライアンス / 不正 / 腐敗防止 / リスクマネジメント / 企業倫理 / 経済刑法 / 経営学 / CSR

Research Abstract

This study aims at establishing a certain-formatted database of corporate malfeasances which occurred in Japan during the past two decades from the year 1990 through the year 2009, based on sampling from newspaper articles. While the original objective has not be achieved because of operational delay unexpected, data on corporate malfeasance was accumulated in as much as one can use as a basic reference source.