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4. If the statute is interpreted to create strict liability and the general manager is convicted of violating it, his contention that his conviction would violate the federal Constitution is
The general manager and chief executive officer of a knitting mill delegated all operational decision making to the supervising manager of the mill. The child labor laws in the jurisdiction provide, «It is a violation of the law for one to employ a person under the age of 17 years for full-time labor.» Without the general manager's knowledge, the supervising manager hired a number of 15- and 16-year-olds to work at the mill full time. He did not ask their ages and they did not disclose them. The supervising manager could have discovered their ages easily by asking for identification, but he did not do so because he was not aware of the law and believed that company policy was to hire young people.
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A is incorrect. The general manager is criminally responsible for the actions of his agents; there is no violation of due process even if he did not do the act of hiring the children himself. Assigning the responsibility to his agent was a sufficient actus reus for criminal liability.
B is incorrect. Corporate officers, such as the general manager and the supervising manager, can be held criminally liable for strict liability crimes involving corporations. Although the named employer is the knitting mill, the supervising manager, as the hirer, and the general manager, as his superior, will bear responsibility for those corporate actions in strict liability crimes.
C is incorrect. Even regulatory offenses are subject to certain due process limitations. Because the general manager had the authority to hire the children, and he specifically delegated that authority to the supervising manager, he will bear criminal responsibility for the supervising manager's actions that violated the strict liability crime of hiring children.