Corporate crime refers to crimes committed either by a corporation (i.e., a business entity having a separate legal personality from the natural persons that manage its activities), or by individuals acting on behalf of a corporation or other business entity. The origins of the concept of corporate crime can be traced to the larger concept of white-collar crime, which was first introduced in the social sciences by American criminologist Edwin Sutherland in a 1939 presidential address to the American Sociological Association.
Corporate crime overlaps with: white-collar crime, because the majority of individuals who may act as or represent the interests of the corporation are white-collar professionals.
Most corporate criminals do not view their activities as criminal, since their violations are usually part of their occupational environment.
Many corporate crimes are especially difficult to prosecute, because perpetrators use sophisticated means to conceal their activities through a series of complex transaction.
Faced with the situation, many corporate criminals get away with punishment under the criminal law requiring strict proof of their guilt.
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