QUESTION $8$

Mulcare Corp. started a compliance program to prevent and detect criminal conduct within the company and had specific, high$-$level officers in charge of overseeing the program. The company effectively communicated the program to its employees and monitored those employees who were in a position to cheat. It promptly disciplined anyone who broke the law. One effect of having this program is $q,$ a$.$ federal investigators might be convinced to limit any prosecution to those directly involved rather than attempting to get a conviction against high$-$ranking officers or against the company itself.

b$.$ federal investigators would no longer investigate the company since Mulcare could take care of any problems internally.

c$.$ any cases would be prosecuted in state, rather than federal, court.

d$.$ the Federal Sentencing Guidelines no longer apply.