When we imprison someone, we imprison all of them, not just the part that committed the crime. I'm not saying it's wrong to imprison people, or even to execute them. But when we execute someone, we execute all of them, not just the part that was the murderer.
Does anyone know what the result was about the legal case that said that you couldn't evaluate the future threat of an 18- or 19-year-old because the prefrontal cortex wasn't fully developed yet?
If we punished individuals in corporations more for corporate malfeasance, the corporation (as a whole) would likely get away with it.
Also, that's not to get into the entire "corporate hierarchy makes sure only the bottom rung person is guilty of doing the thing they ordered done."
In fact, there's 3 consequences that need parallel address in corporate cases:
- Corporate (including death)
- Management (incl. informed)
- IC
If you own 1/1,000,000 of that corporation, then you should the 1/1,000,000 of that prison time, or 3 years.
This is so simple that it should take one explanation in 5th grade for everyone in our society to understand it.
If stockholders were going to prison, I guarantee corporate ethics and HR would get a make-over.