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Re:Volkswagen Official Gets 7-Year Term in Diesel-Emissions ... by ams6110 on Thursday December 07, 2017 @09:24AM (#15870154)
As long as you realise that "taking it out on the shareholders" means your 401K, your parents IRAs, etc.
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Re:Volkswagen Official Gets 7-Year Term in Diesel-Emissions ... by TheAdamAndChe on Thursday December 07, 2017 @12:05PM (#15871739)
Seeing how most corporations care more about pleasing shareholders than pleasing the government, workers, or customers, then yes, this kind of behavior needs to negatively impact investors as well. That would powerfully disincentivize profitable behavior that hurts society overall.
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Re:Volkswagen Official Gets 7-Year Term in Diesel-Emissions ... by s73ver_ on Thursday December 07, 2017 @04:05PM (#15874225)
Those people benefitted from the illegal goings on as well.
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