Criminal,
Corporate
Feb. 1, 2014
America's elusive corporate executive
Why hasn't the government charged many executives at corporations that have committed crimes in recent years?
In years past settled policy at the U.S. attorney's office in Los Angeles, and presumably the Department of Justice, has been that indictments of corporations for white collar crimes must also include the executives or employees of such corporations who were responsible for the errant conduct giving rise to the offense. This makes sense because companies, being artificial entities, cannot commit crimes - only their employees or agents can do so. But if a corporate manager commits a crime w...
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