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   "text": "Existing corporate criminal liability combined with the absence of clear Department of Justice standards for charging businesses can push organizations to adopt unproven compliance programs and generate other inefficiencies.",
   "abstract": "The existing corporate criminal liability in combination with a lack of clear DOJ standards for charging businesses may also lead organizations to adopt unproven compliance programs and create other inefficiencies.",
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   "text": "Governmental contracts are contractual arrangements between the government and a corporate entity under which the government imposes sanctions and institutional changes in exchange for foregoing further investigation and corporate criminal indictment.",
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