Understanding Deviance in a World of Standards

This book sheds light on the increasing pressure on organizations for compliance to standards in the 'audit society'. It explores the conditions and contradictions under which deviance in organizations occurs, and applies structuration theory to cover aspects of both structure and agency to explain organisational deviance from standards. 1 Andrea Fried and Besma Glaa: Introduction to Deviance in a World of Standards;

 Part I: Framing Organizational Deviance from Standards;

 2 Andrea Fried and Arvind Singhal: A Second Order Observation of Organizational Deviance;

3 Andrea Fried and Peter Walgenbach: Structurationist Framework to Explore Organizational Deviance from Standards;

4 Sarah Langer, Ronny Gey, and Diana Karadzhova-Beyer: Investigating Organizational Deviance from Standards In-Depth;

Part II: Exploring Organizational Deviance From Standards In The FieldSarah Langer and Andrea Fried: ;

5 Ronny Gey, Sarah Langer, and Andrea Fried: Attentive Deviance from Standards at CraneSolutions;

6 Ronny Gey, Sarah Langer, and Andrea Fried: Over-Conformity with Standards at MedTech;

7 Sarah Langer, Ronny Gey, Diana Karadzhova-Beyer, and Andrea Fried: Non-Regulated Deviance From Standards at MetroEngineers;

Part III: Explaining Organizational Deviance From Standards;

8 Andrea Fried and Sarah Langer: Typology of Organizational Deviance from Standards;

9 Sarah Langer and Andrea Fried: Monitoring of Standard Enactment for Exploration and Exploitation;

10 Andrea Fried: Understanding Deviance from Standards: Implications for Corporate Responsibility