Why Would an Administrative Assistant in a Large, Multinational Corporation

question 47

Multiple Choice

Why would an administrative assistant in a large, multinational corporation who decided to falsify financial data for personal gain not be seen as an example of corporate crime?

• A) Administrative assistants do not report directly to the CEO of a large corporation and are thus exempt from such prosecutions.
• B) An administrative assistant doing so for personal gain is not acting on behalf of the corporation.
• C) Only when a CEO falsifies reports for personal gain is it classified as corporate crime.
• D) Corporate executives do not oversee the actions of individuals in a corporation, which makes such crimes property crimes and not corporate crimes.

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