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A company is nothing more than a group of people, working towards a single goal, no? If that's a case, breaking up the group itself also seems futile. We can p

A company is nothing more than a group of people, working towards a single goal, no? If that's a case, breaking up the group itself also seems futile. We can probably assume that some people who belong to the group are both unessential and innocent of the crimes of the group. The janitor at one of Dupont's buildings isn't to blame for this, at least under most theories of culpability. But there is a core subset of people who are, and whether they are punished individually or not, at the very minimum, they shouldn't be allowed to participate in business (any business) again. Otherwise, they run off and get C-level jobs (or really, vp/director-level jobs and up), and perform more of the same stunts. Not that it matters, the companies that commit these sorts of crimes are always large enough that their political sway would protect them even if there were laws on the books that could theoretically dismantle them. And certainly, all such companies collectively have more than enough mojo to prevent the passage of such a law.

wumbo 2y ago
If the janitor knew, but withheld the publically valuable information out of fear, they should still get some amount of punishment. Making bad decisions under duress is understandable but it’s still a serious issue to withhold this information. The execs need no less than life in prison.
- reaperman 2y ago
  These days no one seems to talk with janitors … there’s an infinitesimally small chance any of them had any information to withhold in the first place.
bombcar 2y ago
If the company is that large, the only real group left that "should be punishable" is the shareholders. The janitor can lose his job if the company goes under, and is unlikely to be prosecuted for anything major; but the shareholders can lose their investment, even if they're not prosecuted. Call it "corporate civil forfeiture".

wumbo 2y ago

If the janitor knew, but withheld the publically valuable information out of fear, they should still get some amount of punishment. Making bad decisions under duress is understandable but it’s still a serious issue to withhold this information. The execs need no less than life in prison.

reaperman 2y ago
These days no one seems to talk with janitors … there’s an infinitesimally small chance any of them had any information to withhold in the first place.

bombcar 2y ago

If the company is that large, the only real group left that "should be punishable" is the shareholders. The janitor can lose his job if the company goes under, and is unlikely to be prosecuted for anything major; but the shareholders can lose their investment, even if they're not prosecuted. Call it "corporate civil forfeiture".