How is Boeing culpable, not specific people? How does the company get charged with a crime and end up on probation? It feels like a joke missing the punchline.

How is Boeing culpable, not specific people? How does the company get charged with a crime and end up on probation? It feels like a joke missing the punchline. Hypothetically, could my company do something super illegal and the company, not me would be in trouble?