ACFE CFE-Law Exam - Topic 1 Question 9 Discussion

Actual exam question for ACFE's CFE-Law exam

Question #: 9
Topic #: 1

In jurisdictions that allow for corporate criminal liability which of the following is typically required for the corporation to be vicariously liable for the acts of one of its employees?

AManagement was directly involved with the offense

BManagement knew of the underlying offense but did not correct it

CThe corporation had previous violations of a similar nature

DThe employee was acting within the scope of their employment

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Suggested Answer: D

by Helaine at Oct 28, 2022, 04:00 AM

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Chantell

5 months ago

A is too strict, it should be more about the employee's actions.

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Aileen

6 months ago

Not sure about C, previous violations seem irrelevant to me.

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Nieves

6 months ago

Surprised that it's not just about direct involvement.

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Cordell

6 months ago

I think B is also a key factor, management should know better!

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Shawna

6 months ago

Definitely D, the employee has to be within their job duties.

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Dudley

6 months ago

I thought it could be A, but now I'm questioning if direct involvement is really necessary for vicarious liability.

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Nguyet

6 months ago

I feel like I saw a practice question that emphasized the importance of the employee's actions being related to their role, so maybe D is the right choice.

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Freeman

6 months ago

I'm not entirely sure, but I remember something about management needing to be aware of the wrongdoing, which could point to B.

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Hubert

7 months ago

I think it might be D, since vicarious liability usually hinges on whether the employee was acting within their job duties.

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Lashawnda

7 months ago

Configuring a syslog server sounds like the best way to preserve the complete network event logs. That's the approach I'm going to go with.

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Lonna

7 months ago

I'm not entirely sure about this one. I'll need to double-check my understanding of how command-line arguments work in Java before selecting an answer.

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