Why should software companies, developers, product managers and executives remain immune from consequences of willful negligence, when that negligence results i

Why should software companies, developers, product managers and executives remain immune from consequences of willful negligence, when that negligence results in real harm? In college I took an Engineering Ethics class, where we studied engineering mistakes resulting in deaths, and learned about the investigation and prosecution of the engineers involved when there was negligence. The Hyatt Regency walkway collapse in particular will always stay with me. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyatt_Regency_walkway_collapse https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyatt_Regency_walkway_collapse.