White collar crimes are non-violent in nature, and generally involve some form of fraud or dishonesty. These crimes are committed through apparently legitimate businesses. Sometimes the principals of the business are involved in the crime, while on other occasions the crime is committed by an individual or employee within a business, without the knowledge of anyone else.
Businesses can impose safeguards, to check on the conduct of even trusted employees.
They can audit banking activities to ensure that employees are not engaging in unauthorized transactions - even if the books balance, there may be hidden transactions that would reveal questionable activities by an employee. They can quickly respond to rumors or allegations of wrongdoing, by launching an internal investigation, and by making sure that records are preserved. A business that does not respond appropriately to criminal activity, or allegations of criminal activity, may appear to be involved in that activity. Particularly if your business is subject to state or federal regulation, it is important to have appropriate compliance, reporting and investigatory mechanisms, to handle any rumors or reports of illegalities by employees. If a business does not wish to be held responsible for illegal conduct, or wishes to diminish its responsibility, the best means of doing so is usually to cooperate with any investigation of the wrongful conduct.