Determining the Fine - Sentencing of Organizations
November 1, 2005 | GUIDELINES MANUAL | §8C2.5 |
(ii) tolerance of the offense by substantial authority personnel was pervasive throughout such unit,
add 4 points; or
(3) If --
(A) the organization had 200 or more employees and
(i) an individual within high-level personnel of the organization participated in, condoned, or was willfully ignorant of the offense; or
(ii) tolerance of the offense by substantial authority personnel was pervasive throughout the organization; or
(B) the unit of the organization within which the offense was committed had 200 or more employees and
(i) an individual within high-level personnel of the unit participated in, condoned, or was willfully ignorant of the offense; or
(ii) tolerance of the offense by substantial authority personnel was pervasive throughout such unit,
add 3 points; or
(4) If the organization had 50 or more employees and an individual within substantial authority personnel participated in, condoned, or was willfully ignorant of the offense, add 2 points; or
(5) If the organization had 10 or more employees and an individual within substantial authority personnel participated in, condoned, or was willfully ignorant of the offense, add 1 point.
(c) Prior History
If more than one applies, use the greater:
(1) If the organization (or separately managed line of business) committed any part of the instant offense less than 10 years after (A) a criminal adjudication based on similar misconduct; or (B) civil or administrative adjudication(s) based on two or more separate instances of similar misconduct, add 1 point; or
(2) If the organization (or separately managed line of business) committed any part of the instant offense less than 5 years after (A) a criminal adjudication based on similar misconduct; or (B) civil or administrative
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