"Criminally responsible". To clarify, my comparison is firmly connected to the request that the CEO is jailed for crimes of employees. Even a mid-sized company

"Criminally responsible". To clarify, my comparison is firmly connected to the request that the CEO is jailed for crimes of employees. Even a mid-sized company is a complex interconnected system with thousands of actors. The CEO can invest into training programs, external audits, training, and close supervision. But the amount of control the CEO has over an Accounts Payable employee is negligible. If the employee defrauds a customer by routing the payment to a personal account, should the CEO be sentenced? "Criminally responsible". No company has more control, rules, regulations, checks-and-balances, and power over their staff that the military has over a soldier. If we are not ready to sentence a General for failures of individual solders/actors, then we shouldn't impose higher standard on leaders in weaker positions.