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In China, there was a case of baby formula execs (Edit: pointed out to me further down thread that the execs were only jailed for 5-15 years with Sanlu's general manager receiving a life sentence, and the people executed very those directly responsible for tainting the product mentioned) knowingly selling product that was harmful and led to tens of thousands of hospitalizations and a handful of deaths. They were executed. Perhaps this type of incentive will lead to less harmful outcomes vs limited liability and the corporate veil.

At some point, you’re doing enough harm knowingly at scale that monetary damages and prison are insufficient.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_Chinese_milk_scandal

parent toomuchtodo 2 years ago

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