So far, in these lectures, we've been looking atcrimes like robbery and murder,both from a historicalviewpoint and also in contemporary society,andwe've seen that the preoccupation in Westernsociety with crime and with lawlessness is part of along and continuous tradition, rather thansomething which is new and unique to modemsociety.But over the past seventy years or so,therehas been a massive increase in one type ofcrime,which is what's known as 'corporatecrime'.Corporate crime is crime which, as the namesuggests, is connected with companies, withbusiness organisations.It includes illegal acts of either individuals or a group within thecompany,but what is important is that these acts are normally in accordance with the goals ofthe company,they're for the good of the company rather than the individual.