Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
1. Corporations have long tried to avoid producing toxic waste and to properly dispose of toxic substances because it is profitable for them.
2. In November 2001, a federal appeals court confirmed as appropriate the $5.3 billion punitive damage award against Exxon for the Exxon Valdez oil spill case.
3. In 1949, General Motors and other companies with a vested interest in gasoline-fueled transportation were convicted of violating antitrust law by criminally conspiring to eliminate electric transportation and monopolize the sale of buses.
4. Fines rather than prison sentences have been the most common disposition in criminal cases involving corporate pollution.
5. Only a handful of corporate executives have been sent to prison in pollution cases.
1. FALSE
2. FALSE
3. TRUE
4. TRUE
5. TRUE
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Fill in the blank(s) with correct word
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