US-CA3 · jury_instructions
3d Cir. Model Jury Instr. (Criminal) 7.07
Personal Criminal Responsibility of A Corporate Agent
A person is personally responsible under the criminal law for acts (he) (she)
performs or causes to be performed on behalf of a corporation, just the same as if (he)
(she) performed those acts on (his) (her) own behalf.
However, a person who is a (state the type of agent alleged to have committed the
acts) of a corporation is not criminally responsible for illegal acts committed by
another agent on behalf of that corporation merely because of (his) (her) status as an
(type of agent) of the corporation [, unless the defendant had, by reason of (his)(her)
position in the corporation, responsibility and authority either to prevent in the first
instance, or promptly correct, the violation complained of, and failed to do so].
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