Regulatory Penalty Estimator

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Regulatory Penalty Estimator

Estimates potential regulatory penalties based on violation type, severity level, duration, and prior violation history using standard federal/state penalty frameworks.

Violation Type

Environmental (EPA) Workplace Safety (OSHA) Financial / Securities (SEC) Data Privacy (FTC/GDPR) Antitrust / Competition Consumer Protection (FTC)

Severity Level

Minor / Technical Moderate Serious / Willful Egregious / Repeat

Duration of Violation (days)

Number of Prior Violations (last 5 years)

Annual Revenue (USD) — for proportional penalties

Cooperation / Remediation Credit

None Minimal (10% reduction) Moderate (25% reduction) Full cooperation (40% reduction)

Estimate Penalty

Fill in the fields above and click Estimate Penalty.

function regCalc() { // --- Read inputs --- const violationType = document.getElementById('reg-violation-type').value; const severity = document.getElementById('reg-severity').value; const durationRaw = parseFloat(document.getElementById('reg-duration').value); const priorRaw = parseFloat(document.getElementById('reg-prior').value); const revenueRaw = parseFloat(document.getElementById('reg-revenue').value); const cooperation = parseFloat(document.getElementById('reg-cooperation').value);

// --- Validation --- const errors = []; if (isNaN(durationRaw) || durationRaw 0) { document.getElementById('reg-result').innerHTML = '' + errors.join('') + ''; return; }

const duration = Math.min(durationRaw, 3650); const prior = Math.min(priorRaw, 20); const revenue = revenueRaw;

// --------------------------------------------------------------- // BASE PENALTY PER DAY (USD) — sourced from federal penalty tables // adjusted annually for inflation (Civil Monetary Penalties Act) // --------------------------------------------------------------- // EPA Clean Air/Water Act: $25,000–$70,117/day (2024 adjusted) // OSHA: $1,190 (other-than-serious) to $156,259 (willful/repeat, 2024) // SEC: $10,000–$1,000,000 per violation (natural person vs entity) // FTC/Privacy: up to $51,744 per violation per day (2024) // Antitrust (Sherman Act): up to $100M per offense or 2x gain/loss // FTC Consumer: $51,744/day per violation // ---------------------------------------------------------------

const baseDailyPenalty = { environmental: { minor: 2500, moderate: 15000, serious: 37500, egregious: 70117 }, workplace: { minor: 1190, moderate: 15625, serious: 78130, egregious: 156259 }, financial: { minor: 10000, moderate: 50000, serious: 200000, egregious: 1000000 }, privacy: { minor: 1000, moderate: 10000, serious: 25872, egregious: 51744 }, antitrust: { minor: 5000, moderate: 50000, serious: 500000, egregious: 1000000 }, consumer: { minor: 1000, moderate: 10000, serious: 25872, egregious: 51744 } };

// Maximum statutory caps per violation (not per day) where applicable const statCap = { environmental: 70117 * 365, // no hard annual cap; use 1-year max workplace: 156259 * 365, financial: 10000000, // SEC: $10M per proceeding (entity) privacy: Math.max(revenue * 0.04, 20000000), // GDPR-style: 4% revenue or €20M antitrust: Math.max(revenue * 0.10, 100000000),// Sherman Act: 10% revenue or $100M consumer: 51744 * 365 };

const dailyRate = baseDailyPenalty[violationType][severity];

// --- Step 1: Base penalty = daily rate × duration --- let basePenalty = dailyRate * duration;

// --- Step 2: Prior violation multiplier --- // Each prior violation adds 10% (capped at +100% for 10+ priors) const priorMultiplier = 1 + Math.min(prior * 0.10, 1.0); let adjustedPenalty = basePenalty * priorMultiplier;

// --- Step 3: Revenue-based floor (proportionality check) --- // Regulators often benchmark against revenue to ensure deterrence const revenueFloorPct = { environmental: 0.005, // 0.5% of revenue minimum workplace: 0.003, financial: 0.02, // 2% of revenue privacy: 0.02, // GDPR: up to 4%; floor at 2% antitrust: 0.05, // 5% of revenue consumer: 0.01 }; const revenueFloor = revenue * revenueFloorPct[violationType]; adjustedPenalty = Math.max(adjustedPenalty, revenueFloor);

// --- Step 4: Apply statutory cap --- const cap = statCap[violationType]; const cappedPenalty = Math.min(adjustedPenalty, cap); const wasCapped = adjustedPenalty > cap;

// --- Step 5: Cooperation / remediation credit --- const finalPenalty = cappedPenalty * (1 - cooperation);

// --- Step 6: Compute range (±20% uncertainty band) --- const lowEstimate = finalPenalty * 0.80; const highEstimate = finalPenalty * 1.20;

// --- Format helpers --- function fmt(n) { return '$' + n.toLocaleString('en-US', {minimumFractionDigits: 0, maximumFractionDigits: 0}); }

const violationLabels = { environmental: 'Environmental (EPA)', workplace: 'Workplace Safety (OSHA)', financial: 'Financial / Securities (SEC)', privacy: 'Data Privacy (FTC/GDPR)', antitrust: 'Antitrust / Competition', consumer: 'Consumer Protection (FTC)' };

const severityLabels = { minor: 'Minor / Technical', moderate: 'Moderate', serious: 'Serious / Willful', egregious: 'Egregious / Repeat' };

// --- Build output --- let html = '### Estimated Regulatory Penalty '; html += '';

const rows = [ ['Violation Type', violationLabels[violationType]], ['Severity', severityLabels[severity]], ['Duration', duration + ' day(s)'], ['Daily Penalty Rate', fmt(dailyRate) + ' / day'], ['Base Penalty (rate × days)',fmt(basePenalty)], ['Prior Violation Multiplier','×' + priorMultiplier.toFixed(2) + ' (' + prior + ' prior violation(s))'], ['After Prior Adjustment', fmt(basePenalty * priorMultiplier)], ['Revenue Floor Applied', fmt(revenueFloor) + ' (' + (revenueFloorPct[violationType]100).toFixed(1) + '% of revenue)'], ['After Floor Check', fmt(adjustedPenalty)], ['Statutory Cap', fmt(cap) + (wasCapped ? ' ← cap applied' : ' (not reached)')], ['After Cap', fmt(cappedPenalty)], ['Cooperation Credit', '-' + (cooperation100).toFixed(0) + '% (−' + fmt(cappedPenalty * cooperation) + ')'], ];

rows.forEach(function(r) { html += '' + r[0] + '' + r[1] + ''; });

html += '';

html += ''; html += 'Estimated Penalty: ' + fmt(finalPenalty) + ''; html += 'Likely Range: ' + fmt(lowEstimate) + ' – ' + fmt(highEstimate) + ''; html += '';

if (wasCapped) { html += '⚠ Calculated penalty exceeded the statutory cap of ' + fmt(cap) + ' and was reduced accordingly.

'; }

html += 'This is an estimate only. Actual penalties depend on agency discretion, negotiation, consent decrees, and jurisdiction-specific rules.

';

document.getElementById('reg-result').innerHTML = html; }

// Run on load with defaults regCalc();

#### Formula

Step 1 — Base Penalty: Base = Daily Rate(violation type, severity) × Duration (days)

Step 2 — Prior Violation Adjustment: Adjusted = Base × [1 + min(prior violations × 0.10, 1.0)]

Step 3 — Revenue Floor: Adjusted = max(Adjusted, Annual Revenue × Floor %) (Ensures penalty is proportionate and deterrent)

Step 4 — Statutory Cap: Capped = min(Adjusted, Statutory Maximum)

Step 5 — Cooperation Credit: Final Penalty = Capped × (1 − Cooperation Rate)

Uncertainty Range: Final × 0.80 to Final × 1.20

#### Assumptions & References

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