http://dirtdiggersdigest.org/archives/58 chronicling corporate misbehavior (and how to research it) Tue, 24 Jan 2012 18:30:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://dirtdiggersdigest.org/archives/58/comment-page-1#comment-775 monitor Tue, 15 Jul 2008 09:21:34 +0000 http://dirtdiggersdigest.org/?p=58#comment-775 Thanks for the above. Thanks for the above.

]]> http://dirtdiggersdigest.org/archives/58/comment-page-1#comment-716 Prosecuting Individual Fraudsters is Fine, But What About Their Employers? | Dirt Diggers Digest Thu, 19 Jun 2008 23:17:13 +0000 http://dirtdiggersdigest.org/?p=58#comment-716 [...] for real—and that it results in some serious charges rather than deferred-prosecution-agreement slaps on the wrist. Maybe then the financial sector will begin to clean up its [...] [...] for real—and that it results in some serious charges rather than deferred-prosecution-agreement slaps on the wrist. Maybe then the financial sector will begin to clean up its [...]

]]> http://dirtdiggersdigest.org/archives/58/comment-page-1#comment-588 Neil Gordon Fri, 30 May 2008 15:32:08 +0000 http://dirtdiggersdigest.org/?p=58#comment-588 Not only are these prosecutorial tools essentially a slap on the wrist (DOJ's excuse is they are a good "middle ground" between not prosecuting corporate crime at all and punishing "innocent" employees, shareholders, etc.), but because they are so shrouded in secrecy, there is a big potential for abuse. Like giving corporate monitor jobs to your former DOJ colleagues/bosses, or making the company donate millions of dollars to your alma mater or favorite charity. In at least one case, the prosecutor used the corporate monitor fee as an excuse to reduce the fines the company had to pay for the harm it caused to the public. Not only are these prosecutorial tools essentially a slap on the wrist (DOJ’s excuse is they are a good “middle ground” between not prosecuting corporate crime at all and punishing “innocent” employees, shareholders, etc.), but because they are so shrouded in secrecy, there is a big potential for abuse. Like giving corporate monitor jobs to your former DOJ colleagues/bosses, or making the company donate millions of dollars to your alma mater or favorite charity. In at least one case, the prosecutor used the corporate monitor fee as an excuse to reduce the fines the company had to pay for the harm it caused to the public.

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