I feel that up to a point the fines do little in the grand scheme of things, as they will pass the expense of the fines on to us, the consumer.

Since Corporations are people, revoke their corporate charter for a couple years while they "do time" to pay for their criminal behavior.

If they are people, do three strike laws apply to them?

We need corporal punishment for company executives and members of the board. Cane or flog them Singapore style, then they'll start to pay attention to their company's compliance with the law.

If the fine was more than the income in the past, that still doesn’t matter because of the income from future sales will still make this behaviour worthwhile

>that still doesn’t matter because of the income from future sales will still make this behaviour worthwhile

Wouldn't future sales also be fined?

Depends on how successful their lobbying is in the next decade