[Wild Music] Delilah worked as a receptionist for Wild Music, a talent agency with many celebrity clients. Delilah also had her own business selling high-end skin care products, which she ran out of her studio apartment. She often contacted skin care clients through her work e-mail, as it was very convenient to search through Wild Music's confidential client list to generate bulk e-mails.
-Under what theory, if any, could the president of Wild Music be held liable for Delilah's actions?
A) Strict liability
B) Responsible corporate officer doctrine, if he could have prevented the crime
C) Absolute liability
D) Mens rea
E) None

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The president of Wild Music could be held liable under the responsible corporate officer doctrine if he had the authority and capacity to prevent Delilah's misuse of the company's resources but failed to do so. This doctrine holds corporate officers personally responsible for the company's illegal actions if they could have prevented the wrongdoing.

[Wild Music] Delilah Worked as a Receptionist for Wild Music