> The article doesn't seem to indicate so, but shouldn't the Best Buy executives who took this decision (and against whom there seems to be incriminating email

> The article doesn't seem to indicate so, but shouldn't the Best Buy executives who took this decision (and against whom there seems to be incriminating email evidence), be punished in some way as well? In a word, no. And no, precisely because of the legal entity we call a corporation. IANAL, mind you, so I might have this completely wrong. But as I understand it, the whole point is that Best Buy as a whole is punished, and if the corporation feels that the best way to learn from this mistake is to punish its executives, that's their prerogative. The bad decision was made by representatives of the corporation acting in the capacity of said corporation: therefore the party at fault is the corporation, not the individuals. (To people more familiar with law, I'd appreciate confirmation that I got this right.)