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Corporations are notional entities, granted rights by a government. The government owes them little in the way of human rights, so how is it so difficult for a

Corporations are notional entities, granted rights by a government. The government owes them little in the way of human rights, so how is it so difficult for a government to impose sanctions on a misbehaving corporation? The US is in poor company as a country that has a death penalty for humans, where is the list of corporate offences that justify a dissolution of this notional entity? Only Bankruptcy?

apsec112 11y ago
The US sanctions corporations all the time, by levying fines and imposing restrictions. Dissolving DuPont would mean firing 60,000 people - most of whom did nothing wrong - as well as screwing every manufacturer which relies on a DuPont product, most of which are safe when relevant handling guidelines are followed. DuPont makes a huge number of things; from Wikipedia, it's the inventor of "Vespel, neoprene, nylon, Corian, Teflon, Mylar, Kevlar, Zemdrain, M5 fiber, Nomex, Tyvek, Sorona and Lycra", and I'm sure a ton of other stuff.
- anotherhue 11y ago
  I didn't mean to suggest calling for their dissolution, apologies; but the possibility of it should be a factor in the risk-management and risk/reward decisions the executives make.
  - marcoperaza 11y ago
    If a civil judgement is severe enough, it is an effective death penalty for the corporation.
  - mirimir 11y ago
    I do think that there should be a "death penalty" for corporations. Back in the day, before the railroads etc bought off the Supreme Court, incorporation required demonstration of public benefit. Violation of corporate charter was grounds for dissolution.
- enlightenedfool 11y ago
  But dissolving it and sacrificing those jobs will help millions of lives well into the future. USA is familiar with this approach, why not do it? Like drop A-bomb on a city full of innocent people as justification to end the war or kill a 100 people for 1 terrorist.
  - rhino369 11y ago
    It's not clear that dissolving DuPont would help millions of people.

apsec112 11y ago

The US sanctions corporations all the time, by levying fines and imposing restrictions. Dissolving DuPont would mean firing 60,000 people - most of whom did nothing wrong - as well as screwing every manufacturer which relies on a DuPont product, most of which are safe when relevant handling guidelines are followed. DuPont makes a huge number of things; from Wikipedia, it's the inventor of "Vespel, neoprene, nylon, Corian, Teflon, Mylar, Kevlar, Zemdrain, M5 fiber, Nomex, Tyvek, Sorona and Lycra", and I'm sure a ton of other stuff.

anotherhue 11y ago
I didn't mean to suggest calling for their dissolution, apologies; but the possibility of it should be a factor in the risk-management and risk/reward decisions the executives make.
- marcoperaza 11y ago
  If a civil judgement is severe enough, it is an effective death penalty for the corporation.
- mirimir 11y ago
  I do think that there should be a "death penalty" for corporations. Back in the day, before the railroads etc bought off the Supreme Court, incorporation required demonstration of public benefit. Violation of corporate charter was grounds for dissolution.
enlightenedfool 11y ago
But dissolving it and sacrificing those jobs will help millions of lives well into the future. USA is familiar with this approach, why not do it? Like drop A-bomb on a city full of innocent people as justification to end the war or kill a 100 people for 1 terrorist.
- rhino369 11y ago
  It's not clear that dissolving DuPont would help millions of people.