Economic and Corporate Criminal Responsibility Policy in Renewing National Criminal Law

Abstract

There needs to be a realignment of arrangements regarding corporate criminal liability which concerns regulation of when a corporation is said to have committed a crime, who within the corporation can be held accountable and the provision of appropriate sanctions for corporations that commit crimes, so that there is alignment of rules that have an impact on achieving legal objectives. Based on this background, this study uses two problem formulations, the first is how to regulate corporate criminal responsibility in economic crimes and how to reform the law on corporate criminal responsibility in economic crimes in Indonesia? This research method uses a normative method that departs from differences in criminal liability arrangements for corporations that commit criminal acts under Indonesian law which will result in weak law enforcement against corporate crimes. The results of this study are first, Corporate Responsibility has been regulated in several laws and regulations in Indonesia, but each law and regulation that regulates corporate crime in terms of scope, definition and subject matter varies, therefore there is a need codification and harmonization. provisions regarding corporate crime in order to create legal certainty.