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> One of the objectives of a corporation is to reduce liability. Are the employees personally liable though?

• nickff 2y ago
  Depends on the specific circumstances, but the prosecutors are usually happy to focus on the company, because it has the money to pay out a big settlement (which is how these things usually end).
  • whateveracct 2y ago
    I am also fairly sure employees are generally not personally liable. The issue here is while employees aren't personally liable if they discuss Google wrong doing, Google is liable, which causes the culture of secrecy and deletion. So the comment I was replying to is kind of wrong about "liability" and the root cause here. Because yeah..Google isn't gonna not be liable for stuff they as an organization of people do. That can't be helped.
    • nickff 2y ago
      According to some at the DoJ, there are usually individuals liable for these sorts of violations: https://www.justice.gov/opa/file/826721/dl https://www.justice.gov/opa/file/826721/dl