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That may be, but a threat of jail hanging over a director or CEO may make them take the correct course of action - effectively becoming the deterrent.



Your source doesn't actually apply well here. It talks about things like substance abuse and addiction being reasons that criminals don't act rationally to punishment as a deterrent. For white collar crime, there's a very different set of circumstances in play. Crime is often just a business decision based on risk and reward. Raise the risk and the reward becomes less worth going for.




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