What is a unit crime?

Unit crime is a new type of non-traditional crime with the development of market economy, and it is also a social and legal phenomenon relative to natural person crime.

/kloc-before the 0/9th century, countries all over the world basically held a negative attitude towards the punishability of the unit as the subject of crime, especially the countries with civil law system. After that, common law countries gradually brought the unit as the subject of crime into the criminal law field of vision.

Controversy about unit crime;

There are different disputes about whether the interests pursued by unit crime include legitimate interests. Some people think that "unit crime is an act of seeking benefits in the name of the unit or seeking illegal benefits for all or most members of the unit." The act of seeking legitimate interests for the unit cannot constitute any crime. "

Intentional crime by a unit is a harmful behavior that is carried out under the control of the will factor of hoping or letting the harmful result happen. At this time, the interests sought by unit crime are naturally illegal.

However, the negligent criminal behavior of the unit cannot be generalized. In the unit negligent crime, some factors leading to the crime are based on seeking illegal interests. For example, in the crime of major safety accidents in engineering, the construction unit cuts corners and causes major safety accidents in engineering, which belongs to the negligent crime formed by the unit for seeking illegal interests.

The negligent crime of some units is not based on seeking illegal interests, but on engaging in daily production and business activities or performing daily work duties, so it cannot be understood that units are seeking illegal interests.