Why Do Regulatory Agencies Tend to Choose to Pursue Civil

question 54

Multiple Choice

Why do regulatory agencies tend to choose to pursue civil rather than criminal penalties for violations?

• A) prosecuting environmental crimes is difficult due to the frequent lack of evidence tying a corporate actor in the decision to commit the offending act
• B) because most violations involve government agencies and they regulatory agencies do not have criminal jurisdiction
• C) the agencies would rather pursue money than criminal violations in which no money can be obtained
• D) all of the above

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Definitions:

Mutually Exclusive

This term refers to scenarios or choices where the selection of one option inherently prevents the choice of another.

Discount Rate

The interest rate the Federal Reserve charges commercial banks for short-term loans, or a rate used to discount future cash flows to their present value.

IRR Method

The Internal Rate of Return method, a capital budgeting technique that calculates the rate of return at which the net present value of all the cash flows (both positive and negative) from a project or investment equals zero.