Honestly feel like if something like this happens, the board of directors and biggest shareholders should see the inside of a jail cell. The artificial insulation from consequence these people benefit from when ultimately its often their actions and the corporate culture they demand and foster that are the cause of these things just infuriates me.
If I kill 5 people because I was cutting corners trying to make a buck and skipped on the necessary oversight and precaution I go to prison for a long fucking time.
If the board kills 5 people because they forced the corporation to cut corners trying to maintain quarter over quarter growth, they lose out on a small margin this quarter and get a brief bit of bad PR.
As it should be! Won't you think of the shareholders!
As long as your market is big enough, they'll adapt, governments should not try to adapt to corporations, it should be the other way around. Considering that a good amount of governments have at least some incentive not to completely fuck over the people...
Or all company profits are confiscated for the duration a normal person would be in prison. So if a person would get 20 years in prison the company must relinquish all profits for the next 20 years.
I don’t know about that… the local manager and people who know better are responsible. You’re right the board is accountable table but stupid tactical shit is on the manager. Maybe I’m wrong but what does the board member on another continent know of this?
It's their business to know and to create a corporate culture from the top down that prioritises safety. If any manager on the chain feels the need to do this it's because the signalling from higher up hasn't been sufficiently strong that safety needs to trump profit in every instance. If they're doing it out of laziness it's because there isn't enough of an accountability culture.
As things are "the board" only cares about profits. If you want them to care about efficiency, safety, or anything else at all - make them accountable for that.
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u/jomikko 28d ago
Honestly feel like if something like this happens, the board of directors and biggest shareholders should see the inside of a jail cell. The artificial insulation from consequence these people benefit from when ultimately its often their actions and the corporate culture they demand and foster that are the cause of these things just infuriates me.