Social inequality in Germany is substantial and continues to grow. This trend is troubling: highly unequal societies tend to be more susceptible to anti-democratic ideas. One important but largely overlooked driver of inequality is corporate crime, which deprives the state of resources urgently needed to address social problems. In practice, the main response to this challenge has been the adoption of corporate criminal compliance programs designed to prevent corporate misconduct or at least detect it at an early stage. This dissertation argues, however, that compliance frequently amounts to little more than symbolic pseudo-prevention – a fig leaf that conceals wrongdoing rather than effectively preventing it. Drawing on an interdisciplinary approach at the intersection of law, criminology, and sociology, this study reveals the structural shortcomings of current compliance practices. At the same time, it develops a criminologically grounded, multidimensional framework for prevention aimed at informing judicial practice, legal policy, and the corporate sector.