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There are two more points to do with corporate crime that I'd like to illustrate with reference to a specific event which occurred several years ago.
還有兩點跟企業犯罪有關，我將以幾年前發生的具體案件為例，加以說明。
This was an explosion of a large oil tanker which caused the loss of more than fifty lives of the crew.
這是一場大型油輪爆炸，造成50多名船員喪生。
It was an explosion which never should have happened and a subsequent inquiry laid the blame not on anyone
這是一起本不應該發生的爆炸，隨后的調查沒有將責任歸咎于
who had actually been on the tanker at the time, but on the owners of the tanker.
當時實際在油輪上的人，而是歸咎于這只油輪的所有者。
They had deliberately decided not to carry out necessary repair work on the tanker as it was due to be sold,
他們故意決定不對油輪進行必要的維修工作，因為它馬上要售出了。
and it was this lack of repair work which was directly responsible for the explosion.
正是缺少維修工作才直接導致了爆炸。
Now this illustrates two points to do with corporate crime.
這說明了與企業犯罪有關的兩點。
First of all, that it does not have to be intentional.
首先，不能是故意行為。
The owners of the tanker certainly did not intend it to explode.
油船的主人肯定不是蓄意讓它引爆。
