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Re:Boeing to plead guilty to criminal fraud charge stemming ... by constantcrying on Monday July 08, 2024 @04:42AM (#40903691)
>There were two crashes. The CEO most certainly should have known about the problems after the first one.

Then drag him to court for that. But this is totally different to charging him with the crimes of other people he couldn't have known about.

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Re:Boeing to plead guilty to criminal fraud charge stemming ... by doctor_eval on Monday July 08, 2024 @04:51AM (#40903734)
What are you talking about?

From [1] in 2021:

> The airplane manufacturer broke the agreement by “failing to design, implement, and enforce a compliance and ethics program to prevent and detect violations of the U.S. fraud laws throughout its operations,” the DOJ said.

He’s not being held responsible for the crime, he’s being held responsible for looking the other way.

The CEO is 100% responsible for designing programs to ensure that the business operates within the parameters of the law.

What else do you think their job is?

[1] https://www.cnbc.com/2021/01/07/doj-fines-boeing-over-2point...

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