Jail and a German Sub- Contractor (Names are Fictitious) Harold Johns found himself in jail in Germany. He was a vice ?president of Baranca Industries Inc., a U.S. firm that constructs and installs factory equipment .Unfortunately he was the highest-ranking Baranca official in Germany while he was in Germany overseeing the installation of some equipment. Much to his surprise, there was a problem with the way a subcontractor paid his workers. Apparently , the way the subcontractor calculated the pay was illegal .In Germany , when a subcontractor does something illegal , it is assumed that the company hiring the subcontract had knowledge and was also guilty . In addition the highest-ranking officials with the subcontractor and the firms who hired him are held legally responsible .Therefore Harold and the head of the subcontractor were arrested- as well as the head of the enterprise that owned the factory. Need to answer Q 1 briefly 1) Is this a fair law?

Jail and a German Sub- Contractor (Names are Fictitious) Harold Johns found himself in jail in Germany. He was a vice - president of Baranca Industries Inc., a U.S. firm that constructs and installs factory equipment .Unfortunately he was the highest-ranking Baranca official in Germany while he was in Germany overseeing the installation of some equipment. Much to his surprise, there was a problem with the way a subcontractor paid his workers. Apparently , the way the subcontractor calculated the pay was illegal .In Germany , when a subcontractor does something illegal , it is assumed that the company hiring the subcontract had knowledge and was also guilty . In addition the highest-ranking officials with the subcontractor and the firms who hired him are held legally responsible .Therefore Harold and the head of the subcontractor were arrested- as well as the head of the enterprise that owned the factory. Need to answer Q 1 briefly 1) Is this a fair law