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> scapegoats

When you jail the literal person who committed the crime it’s not a scapegoat, it’s just a criminal.

Your suggestion doesn’t treat a company like a person it treats a company like the clothes a person is wearing. Commit a crime? Change your clothes. Company gets shutdown, assets gets sold to “company the sequel” execs are free from any criminal consequences and continue as execs at the new company.

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> assets gets sold to “company the sequel”

> disallow them from making transactions of any sort

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> When you jail the literal person who committed the crime it’s not a scapegoat, it’s just a criminal.

you're missing my point. they're gonna pin the "crime" on someone who wasn't a major contributor or decision maker for it. they aren't the real criminal.

> who wasn't a major contributor or decision maker for it.

Per definition an executive is a major contributor and decision maker.

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