ABSTRACT
The corporate executive runs little risk of a criminal conviction or prison sentence for his illegal actions on behalf of the corporation. Antitrust cases, for example, generally involve complicated economic statistics, as well as proof of a written or unwritten conspiracy among individuals. Legal difficulties are also encountered in the criminal prosecution of executives due, first, to the division of tasks and responsibilities within a corporation. Perhaps the strongest argument to be made for criminal sanctions against individual corporate offenders is the effect unequal justice has on the rest of society. Even when illegal behavior is discovered by the corporation, there is little or no punishment by the corporations. Another community service alternative to imprisonment is to help former ordinary criminal offenders participate in community groups and to secure job pledges for them from business concerns.
