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title: "Justice Department Holding Individuals Responsible for Corporate Dishonesty"
date: 2015-09-10
author: "Eric Mann"
categories:
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    url: "/category/uncategorized.md"
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# Justice Department Holding Individuals Responsible for Corporate Dishonesty

Noting that “corporations can only commit crimes through flesh-and-blood people,” Sally Q. Yates, deputy attorney general at the Justice Department authored a memo stressing that leaders will be accountable for their organizations’ actions. Check out the New York Times article [here.](http://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/10/us/politics/new-justice-dept-rules-aimed-at-prosecuting-corporate-executives.html?_r=0)

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