| ▲ | jacques_chester 5 hours ago | |
There aren't enough things an executive can go to jail for. Fines don't do anything to deter bad behavior. Either: * The company pays * They pay and the company mysteriously increases next year's comp / grants a "loan" / etc * D&O insurer pays In all three cases the money comes out of the shareholders' hides. It provides zero personal deterrence. The payoff matrix, as seen by a sociopath, makes it rational to always defect against the common good. The only punishment that can really focus attention is physical imprisonment in a facility they can't choose. SOX did this for financial reporting and gee shucks it turned out executives can follow the law after all! | ||