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Forget about Global Crossing, WorldCom, and Enron. These are extreme examples of corporate misconduct. The more typical criminal case against a corporation involves greater ambiguity and often turns on the actions of a very few individuals, or perhaps even one employee acting alone. The vicarious liability case law that is the vehicle for all corporate prosecutions casts a very broad net. An individual need only be acting pursuant to his or her duties (or even apparent duties) in order to create criminal liability for the corporation as a whole.

20 minute read August 17, 2003 at 12:36 AM
By
Jeffrey T. Green
Make It Go Away!

Forget about Global Crossing, WorldCom, and Enron. These are extreme examples of corporate misconduct. The more typical criminal case against a corporation involves greater ambiguity and often turns on the actions of a very few individuals, or perhaps even one employee acting alone.

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