Should CEO's do jail time or face capitol punishment for the crimes their company's commit ?

Question

A lot of corperations act like socio paths

Would it deter crime to make the CEO answer for company policy personally by serious jail time and or a death sentence if warented to the crime as any other individual would be?

We have no difficulty prosecuting Generals for war crimes - Why are CEO's in the corperate world allowed to hide behind the corperate structure?

Centurion

Law and order are now Marxist idea's ?

Crime and punishment for only some members of society are then democratic is that what your saying ?

mricon75

Can I give individual examples no but consider the DSM copy and pastes that are coming
mricon75

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Glibness and Superficial Charm


Manipulative and Conning
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Grandiose Sense of Self
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Lack of Remorse, Shame or Guilt
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Need for Stimulation
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Need for Stimulation
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Answer 1

If the CEO was aware of the crime he/she should be thrown in the can. If some bozo on the third shift dumped some chemicals in the river and the CEO didn't know about it, no way he/she should be punished along with the polluter.

I think people would be quite surprised that the vast majority of corporate execs are honest.

Answer 2

Thats why Corporations are invented. According to the law, a corporation is a person. So companies can break laws and the owner of the company can avoid certain prosecution. If you want, form your own corporation that would put explosives in other CEO's apartments and certain world leader. Maybe they take crimes by CEO more seriously then.

Answer 3

i think they are, up to a point. but the bhopal, india deal surley indicates that they are not.

but when it comes to accounting, sure as heck after enron they are.

but then again, after the exxon valdez, no one high up in the corporate chain was held accountable.

but that is the whole aspect behind what a corporation is, along with other type of company organizations like llc.

as far as comparing it to a general, a general wouldn't get prosecuted for something a soldier did unless he ordered or implied an order for it to happen. now the military can dismiss or have demote or do other things to a general for it, but i seriously doubt anyone would hold someone criminally accountable for the actions of a single soldier unless it was directed.

can you give examples of a lot of corporations acting like socio paths?

Answer 4

Talk about your Marxist's......

I am saying that people are constantly attacking business in the USA. These CEO's and businesses they run provide jobs for millions of Americans. Corporate CEO's for some reason have been lumped together and they are being portrayed as the big "Evil" of our time. So we had one or two bad ones, that doesn't mean they are all bad. The press and liberal politicians like to use this as a way to polarize the willing "sheeple" to vote for them. They have socialistic ideas in mind for our government. If you are willing and fall in to the trap and believe that business and CEO's are bad for America, you may one day get what you deserve and live in a communistic society with absolutely no freedom whatsoever and no job. You will have to rely on the state for everything and they will provide you with barely enough to stay alive and nothing else. That's what I'm saying.

Answer 5

yes they should. in fact in today's times they could be held to do jail time for the crimes their corporation commit.

this is called "piercing the corporate veil" if it was shown that the CEO acted with bad faith or has knowledge of the patent illegality of the actions of his company then he would be liable as well and couldn't hide behind the personality of his corporation.

Answer 6

Until you mentioned prosecuting generals for war crimes... I think you're right! The buck stops on the CEO's desk. Prosecute 'em, absolutely!

Answer 7

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Answer 8

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Answer 9

Good idea. They're perfectly willing to accept responsibility (and the commensurate money) for a company's success; they should take responsibility for its failures.

Answer 10

Yes to prison time, no to the death penelty. Also should pay huge $ amounts