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Corporations - Corrupt practices

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  • The Panama Canal: the French Ministry of Justice discovers that the bank account of the company formed to build the canal is empty. Watercolour drawing by H.S. Robert, ca. 1897.
  • The Panama Canal: Baron de Reinach, one of the promoters of the canal, is forced to swallow poison. Watercolour drawing by H.S. Robert, ca. 1897.
  • The Panama Canal: to determine whether he was fit to be extradited, two eminent physicians examine the stools of Dr Cornelius Herz, who had fled France to escape the results of his mismanagement of the canal's financing. Watercolour drawing by H.S. Robert, ca. 1897.
  • The Panama Canal: Dr Cornelius Herz, having fled to Bournemouth, reads in a newspaper that he is being sought by the police for his part in the mismanagement of the canal's financing. Watercolour drawing by H.S. Robert, ca. 1897.
  • The Panama Canal: Dr Cornelius Herz, having fled France to escape the results of his mismanagement of the canal's financing, lies in bed as a physician takes his pulse to determine whether he is seriously ill. Watercolour drawing by H.S. Robert, ca. 1897.
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    The comic actor Cantinflas playing a naive scientist who is harassed by a corrupt chemical corporation; advertising the film "El supersabio". Colour lithograph, ca. 1948.

    | Date: [1948?] | Reference: 666885i
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    The Panama Canal: for an enquiry into its financing, a policeman guards a prison-cell in which some of the principals are remanded. Watercolour drawing by H.S. Robert, ca. 1897.

    Robert, H. S. | Date: [1897?] | Reference: 532772i
    Part of: Un diabétique
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    The Panama Canal: Dr Cornelius Herz, one of those responsible for its financing, gets on a train to flee France after the collapse of the company. Watercolour drawing by H.S. Robert, ca. 1897.

    Robert, H. S. | Date: [1897?] | Reference: 532778i
    Part of: Un diabétique
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    Corporate crime in the pharmaceutical industry / John Braithwaite.

    Braithwaite, John. | Date: 1984
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    The Panama Canal: having fled France to escape the results of his mismanagement of the canal's financing, Dr Cornelius Herz escapes extradition on the ground that he has a terminal illness, and lives happily in Bournemouth for fifteen years. Watercolour drawing by H.S. Robert, ca. 1897.

    Robert, H. S. | Date: [1897?] | Reference: 532785i
    Part of: Un diabétique
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