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Re:Zenefits Scandal Highlights Perils of Hypergrowth at Star... by josu on Thursday February 18, 2016 @10:47AM (#11126552)
Enron was a public company, Lehman was a public company in the financial sector (even more heavily regulated), Volkswagen is a public company...

I don't think that regulation would fix anything. And as some people have already mentioned, AirBnB or Uber, have blatantly broke the law and they keep growing and breaking even more laws in various countries.

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Re:Zenefits Scandal Highlights Perils of Hypergrowth at Star... by financedfuture on Thursday February 18, 2016 @11:53AM (#11127113)
These are just anecdotal examples. Hundreds of unmentioned public companies have faced hurtful consequences that unicorns didn't have to worry about.

In the end, what's urgent isn't regulation on their specific industries, but on their practices and obligations as private companies with a massive market capitalization.

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Re:Zenefits Scandal Highlights Perils of Hypergrowth at Star... by josu on Thursday February 18, 2016 @03:14PM (#11128928)
>These are just anecdotal examples.

You could say the same about Zenefits.

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Re:Zenefits Scandal Highlights Perils of Hypergrowth at Star... by st3v3r on Thursday February 18, 2016 @02:35PM (#11128609)
The thing with regulation is that you have to fund the agencies that enforce them. If you keep with the Republican, "free market! Anti-regulation" thing of defunding these regulatory agencies, then of course they're going to be flaunted.
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