The Criminal Responsibility of Corporations
This chapter discusses the concept of corporate crime and corporate criminal responsibility. It also describes two major theories of corporate criminal liability: identification and imputation. Under the identification theory, the basis for liability is that the acts of certain natural persons are actually the acts of the corporation. Imputation is grounded in vicarious liability. According to this theory, the corporation is liable for the acts and intent of its employees, acting on behalf of the corporation, which are imputed to the entity.
Keywords: corporate crime, corporate criminal responsibility, corporate criminal liability, identification theory, imputation
Oxford Scholarship Online requires a subscription or purchase to access the full text of books within the service. Public users can however freely search the site and view the abstracts and keywords for each book and chapter.
Please, subscribe or login to access full text content.
If you think you should have access to this title, please contact your librarian.
To troubleshoot, please check our FAQs , and if you can't find the answer there, please contact us .