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> When an employee at Pottery Barn drops a plate, we don't deduct it from their paycheck. If we did, no one would work there. Actually, in professions where we
by mattnewton 6y ago
> When an employee at Pottery Barn drops a plate, we don't deduct it from their paycheck. If we did, no one would work there.
Actually, in professions where we are talking about serious damages to people or property, the institution doesn’t cover it and makes the practitioners buy insurance. Can you imagine if Surgeons and Lawyers operated on this pottery barn standard?
- jcrawfordor 6y agoIndeed, traditional professions such as doctors and lawyers are typically prohibited by law from being shielded by liability by a corporate veil. This is why, depending on the states, doctors and lawyers are typically organized as professional corporations or other similar terms rather than limited liability companies: they are specifically required to remain personally liable for their actions. Traditionally, this is what "professional" meant: that you were individually accountable for your actions. Perhaps we should consider applying the same to law enforcement, a field which by its own rhetoric seemingly holds "professionalism" in high regard.