Argues that there has been a serious breakdown in the systems designed to ensure fair dealings in the self-governing and self-policing worlds of U.S. business and finance Corruption in Corporate Culture argues that there has been a serious breakdown in the systems designed to ensure fair dealings in the self-governing and self-policing worlds of U.S. business and finance. Contending that a war of containment has been launched to conceal both the repercussions of corporate corruption and government complicity in it, this special issue of Social Text evaluates these problems on a systemic level, as well as focusing on immediate cases.