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[–] 26 points 2 years ago (3 children)

By its nature, the only penalties that can be applied to a corporate entity are fines or revoking its charter. The latter is what I had in mind when I wrote "or worse," although I suppose piercing the corporate veil and going after the company's executives personally is certainly an option too!

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  • [–] 11 points 2 years ago* (1 child)

    It's insane to respect corporations' rights when we know very well how pointless they are for the public's interests. We want proper behavior and serious punishments. We don't want to respect corporate and their rights.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago

    You can pierce the corporate veil. "What lawyer approved it? Who was responsible for putting that message there?”.

    The corporation might not be able to be punished, but the actual people who did the thing can be.

    The corporate veil for legal action only makes sense for a limited number of things that are problematic for the company but no person could really be expected to have directly made the choice.

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