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Let's look at the economic costs first.
讓我們先看看經濟上的損失。
For example, if a company is producing fruit juice and it dilutes its product so that it's just a little below the concentration it should be,
例如，如果一個果汁公司在生產中稀釋它的產品，使產品略低于本應達到的濃度，
many millions of people may be paying a small amount extra for their carton of orange juice.
那么數百萬人在買他們的盒裝橙汁的時候就會多付一點錢。
Now small amounts like this may seem insignificant for individual customers - too small to worry about
這樣一小部分對個人客戶來說似乎顯得無關緊要，不值得引起人們的擔心。
but for the company this deception might result in massive illegal profit.
但是對于公司來說，這種欺詐可以帶來巨大的非法收入。
However, all studies of corporate crime agree
然而，我們所有企業犯罪的研究表明
that the individuals are in fact deprived of far more money by such crime than they are by conventional crime like robbery and theft.
這種類型的個人犯罪其實比傳統的搶劫、偷盜類犯罪要侵吞更大的資金。
In addition to this, we have to consider the social costs of corporate crime and these are again very difficult to assess, but they are considerable.
另外，我們還得考慮企業犯罪造成的社會代價，而且這些也非常難以評估，但是數量可觀。
They're important because they can undermine the faith of the public in the business world.
它們很重要，因為它們可以在商業界破壞公眾的信心。
And also, more importantly, because the main group of people they affect are, in fact, not the richer sections of society but the poorer,
另外，更重要的是因為它們影響的主要社會群體是窮人，而不是富人。
So here companies are robbing the poor to benefit the rich.
所以在這一點上，公司通過榨取窮人，滿足富人。
