1st Edition

Cheats at Work An Anthropology of Workplace Crime

By Gerald Mars Copyright 1994
    262 Pages
    by Routledge

    262 Pages
    by Routledge

    Originally published in 1982 Cheats at Work looks at occupations from an anthropological point of view, using a similar format to analysis of cultures in the study of anthropology. The author uses an extensive set of quotations drawn from over a hundred informants at all social levels. The interviews reveal a distinct set of ideologies and attitudes from various occupations. The book looks specifically at cheating, lying and deception in various occupations, and the interviews reveal how and why people cheat, and deceive their customers and clients, how they learn the concealed tricks and professions and how they justify this.

    Author's Note

    Foreword, James Cornford

    Acknowledgements

    Preface, Mary Douglas

    Introduction: Cheats at Work

    Part I: Who Gets What, How and From Where?

    1. A Classification of Occupations and their Associated Fields

    2. Hawk Jobs

    3. Donkey Jobs

    4. Wolfpack Jobs

    5. Vulture Jobs

    6. Fiddle Factors and Fiddle-Proneness

    Part II: The Wider Implications

    7. Fiddling as a Crime

    8. Some Implications for Industrial Relations

    9. Some Economic and Political Implications

    Bibliography

    Index

    Biography

    Mars, Gerald