United States V. Parks Case Study

In the case of United States V. Parks, I think he should’ve been charged for the criminal offense of negligence. I understand that he believed he had designated competent employees to take charge of ensuring the proper sanitation of the warehouse and its products, however, he admitted at trial of having knowledge of unsanitary working conditions in one of his warehouses thanks to a warning letter from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Failing to take corrective action is also a violation of ethics, because there is no question of how many health diseases can be obtained through rodent contamination. He consciously allowed the manufacturing of contaminated food products, with complete disregard of human health. The Government used the