Sentence Reform Act
What year did the Sentencing Reform Act pass?
1984
True or False: At this early point, the committee was already discussing the effectiveness of having a robust compliance program to prevent misconduct.
False.
In later 1988, during the Public Hearings on Organizational Sanctions there was the first public discussion of compliance programs as a factor that should be considered in mitigation of punishment.
True
The United States Sentencing Commission has how many voting members?
7
During the 1986 Public Hearing, they focused on discussing "the s__________ available and appropriate for the corporation, business, union or other organization convicted of a federal crime.”
sanctions
When computing applicable fines the "offense _______" is how much damage or harm the crime caused (like money lost, people hurt, etc.).
offense loss
USSC announced “first goal of the guidelines should be to provide sufficient incentives so that ___-_____ becomes a reality,”
self-policing
In an accompanying report to the Sentencing Reform Act of 1984, noted concerns that _______ ______ criminals were being sentenced to minimal fines, creating “the impression that certain offenses are punishable only by a small fine that can be written off as a cost of doing business.”
white collar
The preliminary draft then laid out these two possible approaches to the development of organizational sanctions.
just punishment approach & deterrence approach
Unlike the Preliminary Draft of the Sentencing Guidelines released in 1986, the discussion draft included a compliance _________ as a condition of probation.
compliance plan
True or False: The proposed guideline required a sentence of probation if the offense occurred after “the organization or a member of its high-level management had a criminal conviction within the previous five years for [similar mis]conduct”
True
As Compliance and Ethics professionals we have duty to these 3:
The Public, The Employing Organization, & The Profession
This approach emphasized an organizations culpability and its ability to pay a fine.
just punishment
When computing applicable fines the "offense _______" is the number that shows how hard it is to detect and punish this kind of crime (harder-to-catch crimes get a bigger number).
offense multiple
A Companys Code of Conduct is applicable to all representatives of the organization including the board, management, staff, vendors, s________, v________, and independent contractors.
suppliers, volunteers,