> Not issuing a fine would send a signal that simply ignoring the law until you're told to follow it pays off That’s how capitalism works. For better or worse.

> Not issuing a fine would send a signal that simply ignoring the law until you're told to follow it pays off That’s how capitalism works. For better or worse. If as a person you break the law, you are prosecuted and punished, without consideration who you are and what you contribute to the society. It's very easy to be erased from society (lifetime sentence) and/or lose lifetime earnings (via huge fines, compared to your income potential). For corporations it's totally different. Consideration of who they are is a huge part of punishment. Countries don’t want to kill/severely injure companies, especially big ones, as they worry about fallout effects to their whole economy. As a corporation you can commit much much bigger crimes and get and equivalent of a parking ticket in terms of impact.