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Re:Amazon Liable for Defective Third-Party Products Rules CA... by leoc on Sunday August 16, 2020 @04:41AM (#24176242)
Repeating myself: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19199343

> The classic "control fraud" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Control_fraud strategy is to incentivise your subordinates to maximise revenues while "neglecting" to check that they aren't engaging in fraud to do it. Then you can protest your innocence when the fraud comes to light.

Re:Amazon Liable for Defective Third-Party Products Rules CA... by amelius on Sunday August 16, 2020 @05:49AM (#24176516)
Would control fraud work in a company as big as Amazon? If you're that big, then there's a huge probability of a whistleblower or unhappy ex-employee exposing you.
Re:Amazon Liable for Defective Third-Party Products Rules CA... by rodgerd on Sunday August 16, 2020 @06:02AM (#24176568)
When Wells Fargo set incentives that were impossible to meet without defrauding customers, yes, they got caught. They fired thousands of tellers.
Re:Amazon Liable for Defective Third-Party Products Rules CA... by coffeefirst on Sunday August 16, 2020 @09:09AM (#24177461)
Absolutely. The bigger you are the easier it is to claim plausible deniability for each of the "isolated" incidents. If the executives will even meet the people who they've put in this position, it's easier to lose or just never hear the complaints and red flags.