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Under the doctrine of vicarious liability, corporate leadership is sometimes responsible for the criminal activity of those who serve under them.

Assume that a corporation decides to dump tons of hazardous materials from their waste products into the local waterway. The dumping violates all laws and administrative agency standards and is done negligently. Eventually, after a series of unexplained deaths and lingering illnesses in the local community, the company’s actions are discovered.

• Who is liable?
• Is it the workers who secretly dumped the hazardous waste into the river?
• Is it the supervisors and managers of the employees who did the dumping?
• Or should liability be imposed on the corporate officers or even the president of the company?

This individual work should include the following:

• An in-depth submission that should be free of spelling and grammar errors.
• An essay containing a minimum of 300 words.
• You will be assessed on the rationale you use in addressing the questions/issue posted, and how well you justify your argument regarding this issue.
• Your response must be thought-provoking, have well developed ideas and/or opinions, and should reference any supporting material from the text, lecture or other sources you have used to complete the assignment.
• You may use your text or the internet as a reference, but remember to cite your sources according to APA guidelines.

For citation guidelines, please refer to the table in the APA Style section of the syllabus.