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I thought corporations had limited exposure to being held for criminal activities compared to other countries due to how companies are not recognised as individ
by user_7832 3y ago
I thought corporations had limited exposure to being held for criminal activities compared to other countries due to how companies are not recognised as individuals or something… or was that just within a “arresting/imprisoning the executives”? Because evidently corps have been found guilty in the past as per the article -
> Energy companies have been charged with homicide for environmental crimes before, Arkush noted. California prosecutors charged the utility PG&E with manslaughter after a tree fell onto an aging transmission line and sparked a deadly 2018 wildfire in Paradise, California. Federal prosecutors also charged oil company BP with manslaughter after the 2010 Deepwater Horizon disaster, which killed 11 workers and resulted in the largest oil spill in the history of marine oil-drilling operations. Both companies pleaded guilty and paid billions of dollars in penalties and fines.