I wish a corporations status as a legal entity conferred all potential liabilities and responsibilities upon the corp instead of just the priviledges.
Basically, if a corp is convicted of violating the law, instead of just fining it, imprison it. Immediately cease all operations andlock up the facilities. If individuals from the top to the bottom knew they would lose their job if they broke the law, they would be more likely to speak up and stop an illegal operation.
since currently they only pay some fines, they simply factor these fines into the cost of doing business and effectively ignore the law as they pass the cost of that fine on to the consumer.
This was posted from my Tréo. Please excuse the typos.
– John