SOC208H5 Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Anomie, Forego, Kayaba Industry
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A company or group authorized to act as a single entity recognized by law. Greater demand to pool resources, encourage business, generate capital. No one to defend a corporation in court. Issues of criminal sanctions applied to the actions of a corporation. Corporate responsibility and actions framed in terms of profit maximization. Corporation lobby against regulations perceived as too stringent. Illegal act or omission, punishable under administrative, civil, or criminal law, which are the result of deliberate decision making or culpable negligence within a legitimate formal organization intended to benefit the corporation itself. Asking workers to perform unsafe work, dumping chemicals governed by civil regs. Corporate leaders invited to help draft laws that will govern them. Released unknown amount of hydrogen sulphide gas into the atmosphere. Failed to report, provided misleading information to gov and local first nations. 11 charges, in addition to other charges for similar release two years before.
