Deviance and Social Control

Article #26, William J. Chambliss, “The Saints and the Roughnecks”
Article #28 Steven H. Lopez, Randy Hodson, and Vincent J. Roscigno, “Power, Status and Abuse at Work: General and Sexual Harassment”
Article #30, Emily LaBeff, Robert E. Clark, Valerie J. Haines, and George M. Dickhoff, “Situational Ethics and College Student Cheating”
Article #31, Michael L. Benson, “Denying the Guilty Mind: Accounting for Involvement in a White Collar Crime”

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According to Lopez and his colleagues, “chaos” and “physically demanding” work tend to facilitate bad behavior in the workplace. Briefly explain their reasoning—what is it about chaos and challenging environments that facilitates bad behavior?

Then, consider the environments described by Chambliss and LeBeff and her colleagues and Michael Bensen. In what respects might “chaos” and (physically or otherwise) challenging environments help to explain the norm-breaking behavior described in these articles?

According to Lopez et al., what sorts of organization changes can reduce deviance? In your informed judgment, what sorts of change in the environments described in the other articles might help decrease deviance?

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