On Thu, 26 Jul 2001, Steve Thompson wrote:
How strange. It's always individuals working within a corporation who should be culpable for offences committed as a result of its business practices. Will this not have the effect of divorcing personal responsibility further from the executive and employees of a company?
Furthermore, might not the `death' of a company in some cases penalise other companies which depend on the products or services of the `offender' leading to a reluctance to prosecute the largest and arguably the worst criminals?
At least when the responsible individuals are prosecuted, there is an opportunity to `clean house' and reform the offending institution, as it were.
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