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I support meaningful punishment of companies that have willfully, egregiously hostile work environments.

• randyrand 5y ago
  I don't think anyone disagrees about that point. Punishments must be in-line with the evidence. Otherwise you are wrongfully hurting more people. How does that do any good?
  • _moof 5y ago
    I'm not sure I understand what you're getting at. A jury weighed the evidence—evidence which no one on this forum has seen—and awarded this amount.
    • randyrand 5y ago
      There are numerous articles that elaborate on evidence. The bloomberg article linked has some, as does a tesla link above. It's worth a read if you haven't read much about this case yet.
  • yazaddaruvala 5y ago
    The legal system was not designed to neutralize the damages. The legal system has been designed to neutralize the damages and leverage scapegoating to deter future cases. e.g. in this case the jury is basically telling Tesla “… is very not profitable. It is your fiduciary responsibility to investors to ensure this never happens again.” You might disagree with that design of the courts, but changing how the US legal system works is more than a lot difficult. If you do take on this challenge, I would suggest starting with helping reduce punishments for individuals before focusing on reducing the punishment for corporations. Hopefully the same strategies for change will “help” both situations.