It is a myth that corporate crime is nonviolent and does not cause harm to an

individual. While there is no appropriate way to test how society is impacted by corporate

crime due to the lack of data available, the following are a few examples of the violence

impacted by corporate crime. In 2008 and 2009, nine people died from salmonella

poisoning, and over 700 individuals suffered symptoms. This was the deadliest outbreak

in years, and it created one of the largest food recalls in U.S. history. Many companies

were affected by this including Keebler crackers and Famous Amos cookies. Even

though 9 people had died, there were no consequences for those who created the

outbreak. There were no consequences for those companies who took the lives of 9

people and caused hundreds of others to get sick. This is just one-way white-collar crime

is going unpunished in America. If a person takes the life of another individual, they get

sent to prison. But if a big corporation is responsible for the deaths of Americans, they

get a fine and a slap on the wrist.

The term environmental injustice was coined to describe the unequal distribution

of environmental risk and hazards to which members of disadvantaged groups are

subjected. Individuals who live in the most polluted environments of the United States

are usually low-income. Disadvantaged communities are far more likely to be in

proximity to landfills, industrial plants, congested highways, trucking depots, or toxic

wastelands. The Flint Michigan water crisis was a man-made public health crisis that

took place in April of 2014 till June of 2016. Tens of thousands of Flint residents were

exposed to dangerous levels of lead, and at least 12 people were killed and dozens more
became sick with Legionnaires disease, a severe form of pneumonia. This whole situation

was caused because of pipe corrosion due to a lack of oversight at the Flint Water Supply

Plant. A task force found the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality is primarily

responsible for the water contamination, but no one was charged or held accountable for

the deaths because of the contamination.