Gath Meat Packing Company Is a Meat Processing Business

question 49

Multiple Choice

Gath Meat Packing Company is a meat processing business.To reduce costs and increase profits,the president and CEO of Gath orders Gath's employees to violate federal criminal meat processing laws.The United States Department of Justice prosecutes Gath for criminal violations of the meat processing law.Has Gath committed criminal violations?

• A)Yes,because the president and CEO,a high-level administrator of Gath,authorized the commissions of the crimes.
• B)Yes,because a corporation is always liable for all the crimes committed by its agents.
• C)No,because the board of directors did not authorize the president and CEO or the other employees to violate federal law.
• D)No,because a corporation is not liable for most crimes committed by its agents.

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