Virgin Galactic flights grounded over Branson spaceflight 'mishap'

Re:Virgin Galactic flights grounded over Branson spaceflight... by ouid on Friday September 03, 2021 @02:13AM (#28400969)

Corporations aren't that carefully structured to avoid liability. The standard corporate charter in the united states limits it by default.

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Re:Virgin Galactic flights grounded over Branson spaceflight... by Jochim on Friday September 03, 2021 @05:11AM (#28401978)

I took this to mean that the board will never explicitly tell you to break the law. They'll just make it impossible to carry out your job unless you do. Then, when the hammer falls you're a "rogue employee" that the company couldn't possibly have foreseen.

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Re:Virgin Galactic flights grounded over Branson spaceflight... by edrxty on Friday September 03, 2021 @11:31AM (#28405534)

This. Corporations are cya machines. Also liability may not be prevented but meaningful punishment always seems to be avoided.

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Re:Virgin Galactic flights grounded over Branson spaceflight... by atatatat on Friday September 03, 2021 @10:02AM (#28404366)

They are in terms of compartmentalization of orders, and "sentiment" that drives top-down issues, e.g. Wells Fargo account creation fraud.

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