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The U.S sentencing guidelines provide a great framework and incentives for companies to go far and beyond the expectations, and to create regulations and rules to minimize and penalize criminal activities. If a company is found to be incurring in some illicit activity, the company will be penalized monetarily by the application of fines that are calculated based on the degree of liability. The financial impact to an organization could be substantial, however by complying with the status of the guidelines and setting up ethical classes and courses fines may be minimized, and penalization reduce. D.1- Discuss three culpability factors that are used to determine fines under the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines. I found the following factors to be incriminating

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