Rule of Law: Criminal Law Facts 1: Sophie is the president of Tasty Foods Corporation, a wholesale grocery company. An inspection by Uri, a government agent, uncovers unsanitary conditions caused by Vic, a Tasty Foods employee, in the company’s warehouse. Will, a Tasty Foods vice president, assures Uri that the situation will be corrected, but a later inspection reveals no such corrections. Sophie knows nothing about any of this.

Issue: Can Tasty Foods be convicted of a crime in these circumstances? Define, explain, and decide

Issue: Can Sophie be held personally liable? Define, explain and decide

Facts 2: Fred, a successful stockbroker, gives a lecture about investing. Some of the persons who attend the lecture form Gain & Profit, an investment club, and ask Fred to advise them. Gain & Profit allows Fred to set up an account for the club with a brokerage firm and gives Fred control of the account, but does not authorize Fred to withdraw funds for his own benefit. Fred uses the money in the Gain & Profit account to repay personal loans. Charged with embezzlement, Fred defends his actions on the ground that he intended to repay the club.

Issue: Is Fred guilty of embezzlement? Why or why not? Define, explain and decide.