(a) An officer, agent or employee of an organization, as defined in R.C. § 2901.23, may be prosecuted for an offense committed by the organization, if he or she acts with the kind of culpability required for the commission of the offense, and any of the following apply:
(1) In the name of the organization or in its behalf, he or she engages in conduct constituting the offense, or causes another to engage in that conduct, or tolerates that conduct when it is of a type for which he or she has direct responsibility; and
(2) He or she has primary responsibility to discharge a duty imposed on the organization by law, and the duty is not discharged.
(b) When a person is convicted of an offense by reason of this section, he or she is subject to the same penalty as if he or she had acted in his or her own behalf.
(R.C. § 2901.24)