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75 Minn. L. Rev. 1095 (1990-1991)
Corporate Ethos: A Standard for Imposing Corporate Criminal Liability

handle is hein.journals/mnlr75 and id is 1107 raw text is: Corporate Ethos: A Standard for Imposing Corporate Criminal Liability Pamela H. Bucy* TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction .............................................. 1096 I. Background ......................................... 1102 A. The Current Standards of Corporate Criminal Liability ........................................ 1102 B. The Jurisprudential Role of Intent ............ 1105 C. How Corporate Criminal Liability Developed Without An Intent Requirement .............. 1114 I. The Corporate Ethos Standard of Corporate Criminal Liability ................................... 1121 A. Proving the Elements .......................... 1121 1. The Existence of Corporate Ethos ......... 1121 2. A Corporate Ethos That Encourages .... 1127 a. The Hierarchy .......................... 1129 b. Corporate Goals ......................... 1133 c. Educating Corporate Employees about Legal Requirements .................... 1134 d. Monitoring Compliance with Legal Requirements ........................... 1136 e. Investigating the Current Offense ...... 1138 f. Corporate Reaction to Past Violations and Violators ............................ 1138 g. Compensation Incentives for Legally Appropriate Behavior ................... 1139 h. Indemnification ......................... 1140 i. Conclusion .............................. 1146 * Associate Professor, University of Alabama School of Law. B.A. 1975, Austin College; J.D. 1978, Washington University School of Law, Assistant United States Attorney, Criminal Division, Eastern District of Missouri, 1980- 1987. The author expresses her appreciation to Dean Nathaniel Hansford and the University of Alabama Law School Foundation for their support; to her colleagues at the University of Alabama who read and discussed this Article at a spirited faculty colloquium; and to James Andrew Wear for his research assistance. 1095