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Do health code violations carry criminal charges in any relevant jurisdiction? Regardless, the situation is different for two reasons. 1. It's one isolated inc
by soerxpso 3y ago
Do health code violations carry criminal charges in any relevant jurisdiction? Regardless, the situation is different for two reasons.
1. It's one isolated incident, and no connection can be made to show that the organization itself is responsible. If, instead, you trained 10 workers and they were all violating the health code, then I would find it hard to believe that it's coincidental, and you should probably be held responsible for whatever penalties that incurs.
2. In your example there's already a specific individual responsible (the employee who violated the health code, against orders). In the other, real example at hand, the legal system seems to be okay with saying that no person is responsible because all potentially-responsible parties are pointing fingers at the ghost of The Company itself. This system results in crime being committed that would hold criminal charges if an individual did it, but instead holds only fiscal penalties because it was done at scale by a group.