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Page 14/HThe Battalion/Friday, October 12, 1984 Executives can be liable for employees’ crimes United Press International NEW YORK — Business exec utives cannot watch their employees every minute, but they still have a re sponsibility to see no criminal activ ity is being carried out within their corporations. That is the message Robert Knauss, Dean of the University of Houston Law Center, is attempting to carry to the business community. The Center is hosting a major con ference Oct. 18-20 on defending business against organized crime. “Increasingly, we are going to see an expectation that officials and di rectors have a responsibility to see employees comply with the law,” Knauss said. Prosecutors, he said, are looking less at what a company tells its em ployees and more at the work cli mate in which they operate. In one New Hampshire case, he noted, an overweight truck drove over a bridge posted for much lighter weights, causing the span to collapse. The prosecution argued that although the company that owned the truck may have told its employees to obey the law, it put economic pressure on the drivers to use the shortest routes possible in or der to meet their deadlines. Executives can be held liable for an employee’s illegal action, Knauss said, “if tney’ve created a climate in the company where aspects of cor rupt action are tolerated.” If hundreds of thousands or mil lions of dollars in bribes can be handed over to foreign agents with out attracting any notice within the company, corporate officials cannot expect to be held blameless if their employees are caught, Knauss said. “At the minimum, you make sure internal auditing structure is good enough that routine violations of the law don’t take place,” he said. “ The internal structure should not be cre ating a climate that would tolerate vi olations of the law.” While it is true that ministerial of ficials in many countries expect “modest grease payments for doing routine jobs,” Knauss said, the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act makes distinctions between such payments and “bribing the prime minister of Japan to get a govern ment contract.” Businesses sometimes argue that Dillard’s aimirersar OUR BIGGEST STOREWIDE SALE OF THE SEASON save 30 % ! R«g. $235... 159.99 f 9.99 Comp, at $12 r save 25 % ! Reg. 4.75*14.50.. .3.56*10.87 r SUITS FROM ALLYN ST. GEORGE When the, occasion calls for business, this vested suit will fill the bill. Polyester/wool blend in fall tones that complement your every mood. YOUNG MEN’S FLEECE SEPARATES Tops and bottoms to mix 'n match. Long sleeve pullovers, pull-on pants with elastic bottoms. Cotton/acrylic, S-M-L-XL. ARROW UNDERWEAR All-cotton, with excellent-quality construction: A and V-neck t-shirts and basic, low rise and hip briefs. White, fashion colors. 149.99 Reg. $250 12.99 Comp, at $18 LEATHER BLAZERS Fine leather blazers look great for casual or dress wear. In cognac or cordovan with a durable finish, 38-46. Longs. . . 159.99. WOVEN SPORT SHIRTS Choose from long sleeve button down or spread collars from Arrow, Van Heusen and Media. Polyester/cotton plaids, stripes. S-XL. 19.99 Comp, at $30 A y V VELOUR SWEATERS Layered or alone, these piped solid or striped designs keep you warm. Cotton/polyester in blue, charcoal and ginger. S-M-L-XL. HAGGAR PLUSH CORDUROY SLACKS Fortrel' polyester/cotton corduroy slacks with belted Va top pockets and reece back poc kets. Fall tones; sizes 32-34. Polyester/cotton corduroy coats, reg. $75. . . 59.99. 14.99 Comp, at 22.50 r VAN HEUSEN SWEATERSHIRTS Luxuriously warm sweater-shirts with engineered stripings. 3-button pullover styles in all acrylic. Men's sizes S-M-L-XL. YOUNG MEN’S SPORT COATS Cotton or wool/acrylic/polyester in herringbone or homespun weave, 38-42. Polyester/wool, orig. $25-27.50 . .17.99. shop Dillard's monday thru Saturday 10-9; post oak mall, colleae station bribes are standard operating proce dure abroad, Knauss said, but “my sense is we’re too quick to say that kind of activity is tolerated in other countries. It certainly wasn’t toler ated in Japan.” During the Koreagate investiga tion, he noted, a Korean defendant argued that he had offered bribes to government officials here because that was the way the system operated in the United Stages. MATTRESS SET $79.75 Present this ad and get $10.00 off on any mattress set purchase. One coupon per mattress set. Bed frames $15.00. Texas Furniture Outlet 712 Villa Marla ipNYADS, BUT REAL HEAVYWEIGHTS WHEN RESULTS REALLY COUNT. o matter what you’ve go to say or sell, our Classi fieds can help you do the big job. Right now, dur ing International Classified Adver tising Week, is a great time to pul the Classified to work for you! The I Battalion | 845-2611 l