Case Study: United States V. Parks

After reviewing the United States v. Parks case, I believe that Parks should have been charged with a crime. The responsible corporate officer doctrine states that even if the corporate officer did not know about the crime or engage in the crime then the court can still find the officer criminally liable (Kubasek, 2017 p. 161). In this case, Parks received a warning letter from the Food and Drug Administration and still failed to correct the unsanitary conditions. Parks should be convicted even though he may not have intended to hurt anyone. Being the President of a food company, one should understand the diseases that can be passed along by rodents and the damage that can be done to a company's reputation from a sanitary violation. The