Yes of course. As this example demonstrates in fact: the rational behavior would be to do something that hurts everyone for the sake of an individual who has p

Yes of course. As this example demonstrates in fact: the rational behavior would be to do something that hurts everyone for the sake of an individual who has privledged information. The penalty makes the behaviour we need to encourage become the rational course. I'd say a large portion of rules of society function this way for this reason.