On Sat, Jan 6, 2018 at 1:50 PM, James Knott <james.knott@rogers.com> wrote:
No, I don't think all businesses should be punished for the few. However, I expect all businesses to held accountable for their actions, including personal penalties for the execs & board when appropriate. At one time the board was always legally responsible. As for examples of why this is needed, look at how the guy that owned most of Sears Canada stole the pension funds and wages from employees. Or how Nortel was trashed by execs cooking the books. There are a lot more examples of where greed at the top has caused a lot of harm for others.
I do agree with that. However, the problem is that corruption is everywhere. In business, government, etc, etc. Some people seem to think that you can legislate morality and you can't. People are going to do what they decide to do no matter what the law or the consequences may be. Lawyers get elected to office, and they write the laws. Other lawyers become judges and they decide/interpret the law. The rest of them argue the law and promise the world to their clients and charge outrageous fees to do so. The difference between business and government is that with business you have a choice to do business or not. With government, you have little choice other than trying to vote in someone else. But there are so many more "public servants" that are elected that are almost accountable to no one. Of course with Obamacare here in the US, the Government tried to force you to do business whether you wanted to or not. Money and wealth are what run the world. Those who have it make the rules to benefit them. Those who don't complain about the rules. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org