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But all civilized countries have no death penalty for good reasons. No need to introduce them for companies.

The difference, obviously, is that it's not literal. In a corporate death penalty, no one is dying, everyone can bounce back and have a second chance (or third, or fourth, etc.) at success. With a real death, that's it. The end of consciousness.

I'm sorry, but I find the comparison ludicrous, despite the name.

The employees most likely will recover but the company won't. So there is no bouncing back for the company, it's not getting a second chance if it's discovered that a mistake has been made. So in my opinion the comparison can be made.

A company is a legal fiction; not an actual person.

> But all civilized countries have no death penalty for good reasons.

Civilized like in 'western civilization'? E.g. USA? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capital_punishment_in_the_Unit...

It's a self referential statement.

conclusion -> USA is not a civilized country.

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