Convenience Study of Criminal Deviance in the Entrepreneurial Family Business: Husband as Lawyer and Wife as Accountant in the Law Firm
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Petter Gottschalk
Abstract
This case study from Norway addresses criminal entrepreneurship in a family business. A lawyer in his own law firm admitted to embezzlement of funds on client bank accounts and had to go to prison for several years. The lawyer’s wife presented herself as a victim of the husband’s wrongdoing. However, one police investigator found it interesting that the wife had been the accountant in the husband’s law firm. The investigation revealed that the wife as an accountant had handled many of the financial transactions ordered by the husband as an attorney. A state prosecutor decided to charge the wife with money laundering of the funds that the husband had embezzled. She was convicted to prison in district court. At the time of writing this case study, she has appealed the verdict.
Abstract
This case study from Norway addresses criminal entrepreneurship in a family business. A lawyer in his own law firm admitted to embezzlement of funds on client bank accounts and had to go to prison for several years. The lawyer’s wife presented herself as a victim of the husband’s wrongdoing. However, one police investigator found it interesting that the wife had been the accountant in the husband’s law firm. The investigation revealed that the wife as an accountant had handled many of the financial transactions ordered by the husband as an attorney. A state prosecutor decided to charge the wife with money laundering of the funds that the husband had embezzled. She was convicted to prison in district court. At the time of writing this case study, she has appealed the verdict.
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter I
- Contents V
- Preface VII
- Strategy Development in the Light of Radical Change: A Perspective on the Evolution and Revolution of Family Businesses 1
- The Importance of VUCA and BANI in Developing Sustainable and Long-term Oriented Strategies in Family Businesses 27
- Employee Resilient Behavior and Its Leadership Prerequisites: Strategies for Founder Generation Family Firms 53
- The Impact of Family Ownership on SME Resilience: A Three-Circle Model Analysis 73
- Implications of Company Succession on Resilience of Small and Medium Size Companies 85
- Passing the Torch: Perceived Risks and Opportunities in Family Business Succession 103
- Convenience Study of Criminal Deviance in the Entrepreneurial Family Business: Husband as Lawyer and Wife as Accountant in the Law Firm 119
- The Adaptive Capacity of Tourism Family Firms – An Owners’ Perspective on Risk Resilience 147
- Corporate Social Responsibility during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Learnings from Austrian Family Businesses 169
- Resilience beyond Metrics: How Hidden Resources in Small Family Firms Challenge the Resource-Based View 183
- The Impact of AI-Induced Downsizing on Family Businesses 201
- List of Contributors
- Index
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter I
- Contents V
- Preface VII
- Strategy Development in the Light of Radical Change: A Perspective on the Evolution and Revolution of Family Businesses 1
- The Importance of VUCA and BANI in Developing Sustainable and Long-term Oriented Strategies in Family Businesses 27
- Employee Resilient Behavior and Its Leadership Prerequisites: Strategies for Founder Generation Family Firms 53
- The Impact of Family Ownership on SME Resilience: A Three-Circle Model Analysis 73
- Implications of Company Succession on Resilience of Small and Medium Size Companies 85
- Passing the Torch: Perceived Risks and Opportunities in Family Business Succession 103
- Convenience Study of Criminal Deviance in the Entrepreneurial Family Business: Husband as Lawyer and Wife as Accountant in the Law Firm 119
- The Adaptive Capacity of Tourism Family Firms – An Owners’ Perspective on Risk Resilience 147
- Corporate Social Responsibility during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Learnings from Austrian Family Businesses 169
- Resilience beyond Metrics: How Hidden Resources in Small Family Firms Challenge the Resource-Based View 183
- The Impact of AI-Induced Downsizing on Family Businesses 201
- List of Contributors
- Index
